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TUT: Where anger, protests and disruption are the norm
The M&G gets management’s perspective on the growing frustrations students experience at being academically excluded due to a lack of funds.
How student power gave workers hope
Support staff are finally being brought in-house, thanks to young idealists fighting for their rights.
#FeesMustFall takes fight to Union Buildings
In their thousands, students of the #FeesMustFall campaign marched to the Union Buildings to have their demands heard.
Trough runneth over for spendthrift Setas
The pot is empty for university subsidies, but millions are being squandered in the vocational sector.
EFF calls for removal of Die Stem from national anthem
The EFF says there will be no dignity in SA’s heritage until apartheid symbols have fallen.
EFF ‘illegal’ student gathering at UJ turns bloody
All hell broke loose at UJ when police and hired bouncers clamped down on a protest by members of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command.
Alliance to tackle internal divisions head-on
The tripartite alliance says it wants to address all "irritations" that are causing internal divisions at their five day summit.
Limpopo youth lose out after R28m skills project grinds to halt
An initiative intended to empower 1 100 young adults from Limpopo has fallen prey to various bureaucratic issues.
Wits vice-chancellor says state can help end exploitation
Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib plans to abolish the "exploitative" practice of outsourcing support service workers on campus.
UWC’s success counts against it
Despite overcoming much of its apartheid legacy, the university is being denied the financial aid it needs to develop its facilities.
Students asked to cough up as tiff over unpaid private digs deepens
Lodges agreed to put up a North West college’s charges, but state funding failed to materialise.
Most of our new teachers can’t
The number of teachers graduating is no longer of concern, but their ability leaves much to be desired.
Motshekga blocks re-employment of thousands of teachers
The department of basic education wants to block the reappointment of public school teachers who have resigned in order to access their pension funds.
Teaching Mandarin at school ‘will colonise SA anew’ – Sadtu
The education department is offering pupils the option to learn a Chinese language, but the union wants more emphasis placed on indigenous languages.
The fall of Rhodes’s statue is only the first step, says Malema
The EFF leader also stressed that the battle against white supremacy cannot be won until universities offer free education.