Incorporating the best of Western and indigenous knowledge is a better approach for universities.
Varsity heads want student aid to be extended to families earning less than R200 000 a year.
Academics are putting in place plans to help students write exams should universities shut.
Equal Education general secretary Tshepo Motsepe: "The only institution that can deliver free education is the government".
Besides looking into finances the institutions are making plans should a shutdown affect exams.
Cost efficiency at universities is under scrutiny as employee salaries make up their biggest expense.
A university umbrella body is trying to mitigate the damage ahead of Blade Nzimande’s expected unveiling of a 6% rise in tuition fees for 2017.
If public art, symbols and monuments are to play a role in building “social cohesion”, we need to adopt different approaches.
The campaign is laced with good intentions but ultimately has the potential to cause more harm than good.
Students have been told to go home after the Northwest University’s Mafikeng Campus closed its doors until further notice.
The ANC, DA and EFF have spoken out against the escalating violence and apparent deterioration of race relations across SA’s universities.
All academic activity has been suspended at the university following clashes between rugby supporters and protesters.
Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe’s son is among the students the University of Cape Town alleges were part of violent protests.
Two narratives have emerged from student protests in South Africa: reform on the one hand – and revolution on the other. Which narrative will triumph?
Parliament staff and workers downed tools on Monday, while students of the #FeesMustFall campaign continued to protest outside the gates.
As relatively free spaces for enquiry, universities have a public duty to fight, not facilitate, a slide into a national security state.
About 200 students and staff marched peacefully on Monday to demand that UJ ends its practice of outsourcing workers.
Student protests, as well as an unrelated clash between lawyers, have offered a chance for the country to hear voices that are usually marginalised.
In the latest victory for protesters, Wits University has agreed in principle to end its practice of outsourcing workers.
Don’t let the name fool you: the #FeesMustFall protests at South Africa’s universities are about far more than a single issue.
The authors of a 2012 report mapping out the case for free tertiary education say the government has a moral obligation to enable the poor to study.
The student protests against increases in university tuition fees have provided political parties with clear examples on how to get results.
For young South Africans supporting extended families, the pressure of finding tuition money adds another brick to their staggering financial burden.
The Democratic Alliance is trying out an unused law to provide immediate relief for higher education.
As South Africa’s students call for free university tuition, it’s worth asking if higher education would be free in a truly just society.
TUT students marched peacefully to key institutions to deliver demands they say will open the door to free education.
An agreement has been reached by Wits University management and the Wits SRC to resume all academic programmes on Wednesday.
Amid nationwide protests over university fees, it has been revealed that laptops could become compulsory for first and second-year UKZN students.
Students’ protest over funding continued at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) on Monday, forcing closure of the institution.
Wits University in Jo’burg will remain closed on Monday as student protests continue – despite a promise by President Jacob Zuma that fees won’t rise.
The ANC’s revolution cannot be gambled on the hashtag mentality.
Those attending the National Church Leaders’ Consultation have issued the following special statement on the student fee crisis.