Student Representative Councils

Party political meddling threatens future of universities

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…

Nico Cloete

10 min read

‘This happens on a yearly basis, but this year the university did not have a plan,’ said Keneuwe Setai, treasurer general for the Wits SRC, who added that students had been sleeping in libraries, toilets and in the SRC office. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

5 FEB 2019

Varsity disruptions as students protest financial exclusion, accommodation shortages

Wits student leaders are calling for accommodation for returning students as UKZN protests delayed Nsfas funding

Gemma Ritchie

6 min read

LIS LANGE

31 OCT 2011

Wanted: A new student politics

The work-in-progress of liberation requires students to muster a daily heroism.

Lis Lange

10 min read