The heirs of 1976 are protesting as much about being human as economic and political inclusion.
UWC top brass were nowhere to be seen when #FeesWillFall students and police clashed.
Millions of rands are at stake and workers are also concerned about the question of contracts.
A group of University of Johannesburg students tells the M&G about the price they are prepared to pay for free university education.
Support staff are finally being brought in-house, thanks to young idealists fighting for their rights.
As relatively free spaces for enquiry, universities have a public duty to fight, not facilitate, a slide into a national security state.
How the country navigates the next two years will either rock or steady the ship.
Student debt of nearly R100-billion means that we need creative solutions for a fee-free future.
Young people need a clear vision of the type of country they want to live in and should truly address the inequalities of the past.
Public order police fired stun grenades and teargas to halt crowds of protesting students outside Parliament as Nene delivered his budget speech.
The Witwatersrand University’s council indicated on Monday it would not meet with protesting students inside Senate House.
Lectures at the Braamfontein campus were suspended amid a student protest against the varsity’s hike in fees for tuition and accommodation next year.
The refusal to listen to the voices of others is a fundamental threat to constitutional democracy.
Student protests continued after NSFAS announced it did not have sufficient funds to assist all qualifying students at South Africa’s universities.
Drastic action is being taken to ensure South Africa does not run short of academics, says Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.
A 17-year-old student activist is leading the path of Hong Kong’s fight for democracy. Let’s take a look at Joshua Wong in five pictures.
Student leaders and management reach agreement on the funding crisis that sparked violent protest action at the Tshwane University of Technology.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has condemned violent protests at the TUT, after students destroyed and vandalised campus over funding.
The Tshwane University of Technology’s student representative council has been suspended following protests over NSFAS funding deficits.
It is not surprising that four students faced disciplinary charges for speaking out about their university’s problems, says the SA Students’ Congress.
Student recruiters are having to explain that policy is not simply black and white.
Shir’a, Na’eem Jeenah’s son was among 27 students arrested during protests at the University of Johannesburg. This is the letter Jeenah wrote to him.
Varsity strife takes on political edge as student protests escalate.
The protest-hit Tshwane University of Technology will reopen its campuses this week, following student protests over a shortfall of NSFAS money.
Management at the Durban University of Technology says it will address students’ demands after the campus was shut down following violent protests.
Students at several universities are protesting over the shortage of National Student Financial Aid Scheme funds.
Police in Sudan have used teargas and batons to repel rock-throwing students as tension simmered over the deaths of four students following a protest.
What began as a low-key protest over a tuition fee hike has spiralled into a noisy national movement.
Student representatives at the strife-torn University of Zululand are hopeful that academic activity will resume at the institution on Wednesday.
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/ 10 February 2011
DUT students have set one of the institution’s cars alight and thrown rocks at the executive director’s office in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday.
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/ 20 September 2010
Walter Sisulu University vice-chancellor Marcus Balintulo shut down the university’s Mthatha campus on Monday following protests at the site.
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/ 1 September 2010
UWC has stepped in to assist students affected by an apparent shortfall in funds from the National Students Financial Aid Scheme.