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Gigaba: How government will fund free education to be clarified at 2018 budget
The Treasury had been engaging with credit ratings agencies about the possibility of a decision on higher education, says Gigaba.
The human cost of varsity debt
Five students tell of their struggles to get funding to make their career dreams a reality.
Civil society steps in to build an equal university education
Practical steps will help the National Education Crisis Forum resolve the fees issue and other problems.
South African students across the UK march in solidarity with #FeesMustFall
A march to the SA High Commission has been organised to demand that government prioritise the fees crisis in higher education.
Appeal court ruling sets parameters for protest at universities
Students can protest vehemently but not violently and ‘f*** white people’ is an opinion, not a threat.
‘Peace conditional on releasing students’
Students say Habib has been invited to address mass meetings ever since the protests began, but failed to show up.
#FeesMustFall anthem is a historic modern spiritual
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Cops who shot Shaeera Kalla to be subject of investigation
The South African Police service said the case will be handed to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate.
#FeesMustFall leader Mcebo Dlamini to remain in police custody
The case against #FeesMustFall leader and former Wits SRC president Mcebo Dlamini was postponed in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
VUT sees fire, as student leaders urge calm
In response to recent expulsions and suspensions, VUT students began another wave protests, demanding that students be allowed to return to campus.
#FeesMustFall: Wits management’s call for a meeting
Students leaders remained on campus to caucus and talk about their way forward as students went to hillbrow support the ones who were arrested.
#FeesMustFall: History of South African student protests reflects inequality’s grip
When several South African universities merged, it was hoped this would improve access and equality. It had the opposite effect.
State ‘advised varsity shutdown’
Academics are putting in place plans to help students write exams should universities shut.
CPUT lecture disrupted after students fling faeces in the auditorium
Protesters disrupted a joint Swedish-South African chemistry lecture, flinging buckets of faeces in the auditorium.
Decolonising our spaces as a matter of urgency
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