Nzimande’s last-minute scramble to find funding for students has not stopped them from mobilising for a nationwide shutdown.
Funds will be diverted from the higher education department to help cover the NSFAS shortfall
The installation ceremony of Professor Zeblon Vilakazi has been postponed as student protests escalate and a by-stander is killed
Sources say the party’s top six are concerned the protests at Wits University could intensify into a fiery student movement, much like #FeesMustFall
The man was shot as police clashed with Wits students in Braamfontein. The protesters are demanding that no students be financially excluded
About 50 Wits students are blocking De Beer Street in Braamfontein, where a man was shot and killed by police during a student protest
Zeblon Vilakazi’s big dream is that Africa cannot simply be a spectator in the age of technological innovation; it must lead, and to lead it must act
Health workers have been prioritised and the electronic data system tightened between the arrival of the first and second batches of vials
The basic education minister talks of quality passes achieved by the class of 2020, but a closer look at the results tells a different story
The presidency confirms spokesperson Khusela Diko has been suspended; meanwhile, her full salary was paid while she was on ‘special leave’
The department of health and experts briefed the media on Sunday, after a study showed the vaccine is not highly effective against the new variant
SA’s one-million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will expire by early April — unless India’s Serum Institute can safely extend their use-by date.
Anxious Jo’burg, edited by Nicky Falkof and Cobus van Staden, acknowledges the city as a real place and not a horrifying stereotype
An upcoming CCMA case will consider whether workers carrying sticks at a strike is an act of intimidation or a call for unity
Those at historically disadvantaged universities feel abandoned while their peers at richer institutions continue with their studies
Bigoted academics and shoddy or racist work are not above criticism — nor should they be
Campuses elsewhere in Africa have seen the damage done by student activism influenced by political parties, a matter that has raised concern at South Africa’s higher education institutions
The university plans to teach online as South Africa’s lockdown continues, and is offering zero-rated data for its teaching sites, as well as computing devices for students
While teaching students during lockdown, institutions of higher learning are also using their expertise to make masks, develop vaccines and research labour abuses
After years of data processing at the Wits laboratory, one evolutionary scientist has constructed a 3D model of a baby Massospondylus
But Parliament also hears that some of these institutions require additional support
Sipho Kings and Sarah Wild consider the question we all ask: Do our efforts count, or
is this just about what big corporations do?
Cekeshe argued his former counsel did such a shoddy job defending him that his trial was unfair
South Africa’s top public health experts sat down to discuss the safety of e-cigarettes. The verdict? Stay away.
Those referred to as "the far-left" in the Wits vice-chancellor’s book raise concerns about its ethics and its implications for academic freedom
Bahiyya Khan and her team — Claire Meekel, Abi Meekel, and Tim Flusk — won the award for their work on ‘after HOURS’
The #OutsourcingMustFall movement and its outcomes would change lives forever
We have been here before. This is what happens when you don’t resolve an issue
The latest rankings of higher education institutions in emerging economies show that the continent is progressing
The University of Pretoria’s new vice-chancellor has set his sights on the opportunities that going continental offers
CALS wants to "deal openly with reports of sexual harassment and so begin to make our spaces more supportive and safer"
Saica’s inquiry into chartered accountant, commentator and former Wits lecturer Khaya Sithole will resume on Wednesday