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FEE INCREASES

Gwede Mantashe: ‘I would shut down universities to teach student protesters a lesson’

The ANC secretary general says students protesting fee increases are not doing anyone a favour by studying.

  • Jenni Evans
2 min read
Phakamani Hadebe was an outsider, whose finance background was seen as a major asset, when he joined Eskom which had problems which were viewed, at the time, as predominantly financial. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ADAM HABIB
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Wits students vs private security: Rocks fly during Solomon House shutdown

The building is the main space where students hold mass meetings and they pushed their way in after police and security officials tried blocking them.

  • Raeesa Pather
3 min read
BLADE NZIMANDE

#Fees2017: Student bodies divided on response to Blade Nzimande’s announcement on fee increases

Wits students are planning to shut down the university, but the situation at other institutions such as Stellenbosch has been sedate.

  • Gemma Ritchie
5 min read
South Africa has a low rate of arrests and convictions in farm attack and murder cases despite a national police policy to fight crime in rural areas, a report released on Tuesday has revealed.
BLADE NZIMANDE

#Fees2017: Wits students answer back after university locks down Solomon Mahlangu House

Students vow to retaliate after private security and SAPS officials barred them from entering the venue where they intended to hold a mass meeting.

  • Raeesa Pather
4 min read