Student Protests

After charges were dropped against 13 Rhodes University students arrested during protests over fee protocols, civil society group Not In My Name is demanding the police cover…

In its apparent nothingness, Zadie Smith’s essay on student activism tells us about how genocide can be rationalised, writes Steve Salaita

Police are investigating a case of public violence after the William O’Brien building on the Pietermaritzburg campus was set on fire

Universities, the private sector and the government have still not fully addressed the exclusion of students who cannot afford a higher education

Students want to be heard and universities need peaceful protests. The University of Free State began discussions on how to bridge the divide

Soldiers assaulted students of William Pitcher College in Manzini city who were protesting not being refunded fees paid for hostel facilities that were not used during lockdown

Much of the focus is on how technologies will change the world of work and education, but students are just as likely to use them for other objectives. If not regulated they can…

The fight for equality is valid but the burning down of our universities is not the revolution or decolonisation any of us should want

Women in the personal services sector and young people have been hard hit by the pandemic in terms of employment, but they struggled even before Covid-19

Even though it is the officers who carry out the physical force, it is our prejudice that lays fertile ground for the abuse of power to entrench itself

Even when their brutality is caught on camera and shown on television, officers seem to walk away scot-free

Neither the minister nor deputy minister stayed for the duration of an urgent committee meeting to discuss funding challenges for university students

The cops accused of killing Mthokozisi Ntumba during the Wits student protests last week will spend another week in custody as the NPA opposes bail

Police shot at students who had been peacefully marching in the streets of Johannesburg during the first day of the national shutdown on Monday

Nzimande’s last-minute scramble to find funding for students has not stopped them from mobilising for a nationwide shutdown.