We look at the funding of tertiary institutions in four developing countries.
What started off as inclusive has devolved into a largely patriarchal campaign, activists say.
Academics at the UKZN dismiss last week’s Mail & Guardian article headlined ‘Professors of Protest’ as offensive and defamatory.
Reporting is essential in a democracy but police and demonstrators don’t always see it that way.
A private security guard is recovering in hospital after he was struck on the head by a rock thrown by rampaging students.
Campuses flared up this week as police and private security guards clashed with students.
Academics are said to be working with students who are disrupting universities.
The interactions between private security personnel, students and journalists continues to sour
Students reportedly protested peacefully on Wednesday in solidarity with other students across the country who are calling for free higher education.
The ANC secretary general says students protesting fee increases are not doing anyone a favour by studying.
Wits students are planning to shut down the university, but the situation at other institutions such as Stellenbosch has been sedate.
The higher education issues triggered by #FeesMustFall go to the core of our society and now is the time to deal with them, writes Vuyisile Msila.
South Africa has been engulfed in a cacophony of contestation as anger bubbles to the surface of our unequal society.
A language is not preserved by formal applications, but rather in the home, in the arts and in literature, writes Josua Loots.
Several battles are being fought on campuses around the country and not all of them are compatible.
Youthful activists are bringing the memory of South Africa’s oppressive apartheid history alive.
Vice chancellor Max Price said the university is obtaining a court order that would prevent students from engaging in violent protests.
Much has been made of the rights of student protesters, but what about their obligations?
Student protests provide a chance to address the existing class and financial discrimination at our universities.
The securitisation of university campuses flies in the face of open debate and the freedom of expression.
The groundwork is being laid for a just and ethical institution that respects the dignity of all
Students claim private security guards have assaulted them, but management says they are needed to maintain order.
Unexpected power exercised in unexpected ways by often unexpected leaders has characterised the #FeesMustFall movement, writes Pontsho Pilane.
University fees tie in with far broader social and educational issues that we have hardly begun to address, such as the indigenisation of knowledge.
President Jacob Zuma has announced a commission of inquiry into higher education funding and related issues.
In keeping with long-standing tradition, here’s our annual Not the Mail & Guardian, a fanciful collection of news events.
Protests against colonialism and fees made an impact, but it’s too soon to judge SA’s rise or fall.
And can it move South Africa beyond the confines of schizophrenic neo-apartheid to a better future that addresses and heals class inequality?
South Africa can afford fee-free universities without squeezing them to make do with even less.
Students must be applauded for challenging the colonial precepts of the ‘English’ universities, writes Chats Devroop.
Destiny got it right putting Wits SRC head Nompendulo Mkatshwa on the cover, but disrupted the representation of #FeesMustFall as a faceless movement.
From student protests to celebrity tiffs, Twitter made sure SA got their bite-sized outrage, rants and reflections trending, writes Sthembiso Sithole.