Universities seem to be shifting their focus to research-based tertiary education and accommodating more postgraduate students
Aside from an 8% fee increase, UCT is also proposing a 10% residence fee increase
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been granted an interim interdict that prevents any unlawful protest action at its campuses
The SACP general secretary says that part of the reason he was removed as minister of higher education specifically related to the fees protests.
Black Academic Caucus responds to the backlash of the white liberal establishment despite the revolutionary changes that took place at UCT.
Just nine months into her appointment, two UCT alumni sent a string of emails alleging her qualifications are fake
The financing of undergraduate degrees but not postgraduate is short-sighted and counterproductive
Mamdani looks at the history and ideologies that have shaped African universities and points to Afrikaans as an example of successful decolonisation
Most industry players believe the criteria used in university rankings leave out critical considerations such as the social context of South Africa.
Violence in the country is a product of people’s circumstances, so many say. But is it really?
Students should look into broadening the fight for free education into a movement to help fight other struggles in society
There is room for dialogue but the varsity’s proposal doesn’t redress the #ShackvilleTRC’s critiques
Some students have turned to online crowdfunding to raise funds for their studies.
The Economic Freedom Fighters and Pan Africanist movement dominate Cape university SRCs.
An institute at UCT exposes students to reality and prepares them for a changing world.
The annual gathering of UCT’s alumni revealed how hard universities must work in the coming years to encourage dissent and debate.
The decision to increase the tuition and accommodation fees was taken during the council’s last meeting, spokesperson Elijah Moholola said.
In April 2013, Nokuphila Kumalo was beaten to death on a street in Woodstock, Cape Town, where she worked.
The protesters’ frustrations are not unwarranted and a government commitment is required.
‘We are continuing to shut down universities,’ Wits SRC president Kefentse Mkhari said.
Students can protest vehemently but not violently and ‘f*** white people’ is an opinion, not a threat.
Students say Habib has been invited to address mass meetings ever since the protests began, but failed to show up.
About 200 students marched from the University of Cape Town’s upper campus to middle campus.
The University of Witwatersrand and University of Cape Town are expected to resume academic activities after weeks of protests.
In such a system the wealthy will pay and the lowest and middle income students are covered.
Wits students are planning to shut down the university, but the situation at other institutions such as Stellenbosch has been sedate.
The university is still trying to ascertain what sparked the protest action, but says lectures have not been disrupted.
UCT vice-chancellor barred from leaving meeting by protesters who want the commission to investigate how free education can be realised.
Readers write in about the ANC Youth League, academic freedom, the right wing, and the ANC Youth League.
The vice-chancellor rightly withdrew the Jyllands-Posten editor’s invitation. But failure to consult the student body was unwise.
Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe’s son is among the students the University of Cape Town alleges were part of violent protests.
Students have found themselves without accommodation and feel abandoned by the University of Cape Town and the #RhodesMustFall movement.