Nearly a year after Nzimande announced that NSFAS beneficiaries would receive laptops as part of the interventions for Covid-19 at higher education institutions, the devices are yet to be delivered
Stephen Gray made an immense, long contribution to the South African literary landscape across many genres, but it was poetry that he described as ‘the main activity of my life’
They stayed away because they feared getting Covid-19, had comorbidities, were in quarantine, had become infected and the safety measures such as curfews were too limiting
A Universities South Africa survey shows that 20 people — 19 staff members and one student — at local universities have died after contracting the coronavirus
Like other sectors, higher education should continue to respond optimally to the coronavirus and map out a new path
While teaching students during lockdown, institutions of higher learning are also using their expertise to make masks, develop vaccines and research labour abuses
The institute should develop products that are applicable to different industries, such as 3D-imaging and self-driving cars
The vice-chancellor announced he will be heading to SOAS next year
Administrator warns that if the university is not fixed urgently it will collapse
The digital revolution may actually create jobs, which is good news for a struggling South Africa
After a hair-raising start, the side from Pretoria won the national netball championships, and two of its players will join the Spar Proteas
NSTF-Lewis Foundation Green Economy Award
A book accuses universities of crushing the ambitions of black lecturers and researchers
Researchers warn that expropriation without compensation may cost 2.28-million jobs and cut GDP by R454.8-billion
The Quality of Life Survey measures both objective circumstances and subjective opinions of respondents
The department continuously introduces counter-disruptive innovation in a world of increasing competition
A former professor alleges improper hiring practices and bullying by the dean of humanities
The footballer is one of two local players to be snapped up by a professional league in Australia
Roy Marcus and Jaco van Schoor believe they did not engage in any wrongdoing
Community and government efforts to improve lives in Doornkop, or “Snake Park”, Soweto, is the theme of a new book
Roy Marcus and Jaco Van Schoor have been ordered to pay back the money they allegedly siphoned from the university
Celebrating the first ‘black’ or ‘African’ woman to get a doctorate in philosophy raises critical issues
Many poor students have been left to find other means of making the sometimes long trip to the university
South Africa must develop its production capacity and cut its reliance on resource exports, a report says
Teens from outlying provinces brave the big city’s cruelties in the hope of bagging a prized university spot, knowing that nothing is certain
The EFFSC and UJ’s student representative council are prepared to assist people to find alternative placements at other higher education institutions.
Zuma announced in December that free education would be provided for poor and working class first-year students starting this year.
We are content when our leading brains give intellectual aid to our former colonisers while our countries could do with their knowledge.
The former finance minister said new forms of social safety nets are needed to reduce the socioeconomic divides in countries such as South Africa.
Vice-chancellors have been warned this could put universities in danger – students owe R2-billion.
The UJ spokesperson addresses the happenings of Wednesday night.
The students had marched from the main campus on Kingsway Road, escorted by the police, who directed traffic and kept them in their protest line.