Campus Politics
latest news & developments
Campus rape: Silence isn’t going to cut it
Rape culture pervades university life, but it can be eradicated if reflection replaces self-preservation.
‘Campus rape plans favour perpetrators’
Survivors of sexual violence are unhappy with universities’ policies and actions, and researchers say under-reporting is part of the problem.
Students kicked out of campus dorms for refusing Islam
More than 70 students have reportedly been kicked out of dormitories in a South Coast college for refusing to follow Islamic customs and rules.
Race row at Tukkies hots up
A report to parliament cites discrimination in terms of bursaries and election to the alumni board at the University of Pretoria.
Wits student activists disciplined
Wits’ new SRC president is one of 16 suspended for a year after disrupting classes during protest action.
Jansen: ‘Come back changed individuals’
Vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen encourages UFS students to try the unexpected ahead of their overseas trip.
Campus a ‘battleground for politics’
Politics is playing a "devastating" role on campus and has made universities the terrain where "comrades and racists struggle".