ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has lambasted vice-chancellors of universities for ineffectively dealing with widespread #FeesMustFall protests.
The African child still bears the burden of apartheid and a brutal system of capitalism which keeps him begging for participation in the economy.
This statement is an unprecedented show of support for student struggle and for the principle of democratised education.
In the eye of the storm at Wits is SRC leader Nompendulo Mkatshwa, who is giving her voice, vision and valour to students and protesters.
A study showing the viability of no-fee tertiary education has been in Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande’s hands for three years.
As campuses erupt over #FeesMustFall and a recession looms, experts say Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is offering nothing new.
Ultimately, the protests are about much more than fees. They are about the diminishing hopes of South Africa’s youth.
The pot is empty for university subsidies, but millions are being squandered in the vocational sector.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has lambasted university vice-chancellors for ineffectively dealing with the widespread #FeesMustFall protests.
For party youth, at least, the SACP leader is far from the ally they want Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande to be.
Analysts say state spending on higher education has dropped at an "alarming" rate over the years.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane was told to get lost when he arrived at UCT to talk to protesting students, a moment captured and shared on social media.
The rand fell sharply after students stormed Parliament during Nene’s mini budget speech, with market participants awaiting ratings agency comments.
Hundreds of students breached the parliamentary perimeter in a flood of anger-driven activism alongside fee protests on campuses around the country.
Students’ fight against high university fees could be taken beyond campuses, with the final battle fought at the national treasury and Reserve Bank.
Wits University has been forced to cancel classes for the rest of the week as students across the country plan for the #NationalShutDown today.
Rhodes University students are receiving support for their mass protest from students at Eastcape Midlands College in Grahamstown.
Riot police arrested 23 UCT students and fired stun grenades at Rhodes demonstrators, as protests over fee increases continued to spread around SA.
Student protests over fee increases at four of the country’s universities are not a national crisis, insists Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.
Fee protests have shut down a number of SA campuses. The question is, how should universities balance fee increases with their other obligations?
Rhodes University students closed down campus on Monday, protesting the Minimum Initial Payment of 50% that they say is too high for students to pay.
The university council’s meeting on the weekend simply did not give in to protesting students’ demands for 0% increases.
The Witwatersrand University’s council indicated on Monday it would not meet with protesting students inside Senate House.
Four things you need to know about the wave of student protests which has swept across the country.
Protesting students have attempted to barricade entrances to the university, forcing all classes to be suspended.
Students would not allow Adam Habib to address them unless he was to tell them "one thing and one thing only: no-fee increments for 2016".
The Wits University fees protest spilled over into a second day as angry students disrupted traffic and continued to block campus entrances.
Wits students use social media to keep their protest alive, as they fight against increases of tuition fees at the university.
Academics say worker-owned co-operatives are the solution to ending "unethical and exploitative" outsourcing of support services at the university.
Lectures at the Braamfontein campus were suspended amid a student protest against the varsity’s hike in fees for tuition and accommodation next year.