University Fees Protests

Integrate science, don’t segregate it

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Dec 2016

Incorporating the best of Western and indigenous knowledge is a better approach for universities.

Vice-chancellors want free tuition for poor students in 2017

Article bogdan TagDiv - 27 Oct 2016

Varsity heads want student aid to be extended to families earning less than R200 000 a year.

State ‘advised varsity shutdown’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Oct 2016

Academics are putting in place plans to help students write exams should universities shut.

Equal Education: Students are aiming at the wrong target and inadvertently protecting the government

Article Ashleigh Furlong - 5 Oct 2016

Equal Education general secretary Tshepo Motsepe: "The only institution that can deliver free education is the government".

Varsity fee hikes could go above 8%

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Sep 2016

Besides looking into finances the institutions are making plans should a shutdown affect exams.

‘Cost disease’ plagues varsities and efficiency at institutions is closely examined

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Sep 2016

Cost efficiency at universities is under scrutiny as employee salaries make up their biggest expense.

Varsities brace for fee increase as Sasco warns of ‘worse’ protests than last year

Article bogdan TagDiv - 21 Jul 2016

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.

Barbarism, burnings and Beckett

Article Mike Van Graan - 3 Mar 2016

If public art, symbols and monuments are to play a role in building “social cohesion”, we need to adopt different approaches.

#ColourBlind campaign refuses to open its eyes to injustice

Article bogdan TagDiv - 26 Feb 2016

The campaign is laced with good intentions but ultimately has the potential to cause more harm than good.

NWU closes Mafikeng campus indefinitely after violent protests

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Feb 2016

Students have been told to go home after the Northwest University’s Mafikeng Campus closed its doors until further notice.

Political parties condemn university violence

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Feb 2016

The ANC, DA and EFF have spoken out against the escalating violence and apparent deterioration of race relations across SA's universities.

University of Free State suspends lectures after Varsity Cup violence

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Feb 2016

All academic activity has been suspended at the university following clashes between rugby supporters and protesters.

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