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Alexandria Procter, Managing Director, Digs Connect and Board Member of the National Youth Development. Agency
INFORMAL SECTOR

Harnessing the power of South Africa’s informal startup sector: A catalyst for inclusive growth

Instead of criminalising informal activity, local governments should support it

  • Alexandria Procter & Waseem Carrim
5 min read
There is not enough on-campus accommodation for students studying at the University of Zululand. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BONGEKILE MACUPE

UniZulu students’ accommodation conditions are ‘inhumane’

A chronic housing shortage at the University of Zululand means many students are living in squalid conditions, whether on or off campus

  • Bongekile Macupe
10 min read
(Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION

Student housing shortage still a problem

It’s the third month of 2019, yet many students are still looking for accommodation.

  • Lebogang Tiego Legodi
5 min read
Universities in South Africa could promote an inclusive approach to integrating students into the cities where they are situated by working together with municipalities, which have clout as major owners of land and property. Photo: Madelene Cronjé
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Shaping cities goes beyond student beds

Sustainable urban development requires the collaboration of municipalities and the universities to advance social integration

  • Mark Paterson
  • Leslie Bank
  • Jean Paul Addie
7 min read
Student housing at the University of Zululand.
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION

Unizulu plans to splurge on ‘overpriced’ student housing

University allegedly did not consult a valuator and is paying way above market value for the units.

  • Prega Govender
5 min read
Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule defied KwaZulu-Natal’s provincial leaders by speaking to Jacob Zuma’s supporters after the former president appeared in court on Monday despite an agreement not to do so. By doing so he also broke his suspension orders.
RHODESMUSTFALL

Students are #Shackville’s collateral damage

Students have found themselves without accommodation and feel abandoned by the University of Cape Town and the #RhodesMustFall movement.

  • Raeesa Pather
8 min read
Out of pocket: Karin and Thys Kruger housed students at their guesthouse
BONGANI NKOSI

Students asked to cough up as tiff over unpaid private digs deepens

Lodges agreed to put up a North West college’s charges, but state funding failed to materialise.

  • Bongani Nkosi
6 min read