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Student leaders arrested at Westville protest

Two student leaders were arrested at Wednesday’s protest action at the Westville campus of UKZN, for allegedly inciting public violence.

UKZN carpets critics

Two eminent UKZN professors are facing a disciplinary tribunal because they criticised vice-chancellor Malegapuru Makgoba in the media.

Pandor: Tertiary institutions bursting at the seams

South Africa’s tertiary education system is operating at close to capacity with limited infrastructure and academic staffing resources available for expansion, Education Minister…

Students wounded by rubber bullets at KZN varsity

At least three protesting students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Pietermaritzburg campus were wounded by police firing rubber bullets on Tuesday, the students’…

Chippy Shaik stripped of doctorate

Shamim ”Chippy” Shaik has been stripped of his doctorate degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal without reason, his brother and lawyer Yunis Shaik said on Sunday. Last year,…

In office, but not in power

The right to reply space encourages readers to feel a co-ownership of the newspaper so that it is a public debating space run by a wider forum, rather than just the reporters and…

Pilot project reports reduction in court backlogs

A KwaZulu-Natal pilot project — proven to reduce court backlogs and overcrowding in prisons drastically — may be rolled out countrywide, if the government comes to the table with…

Well-known bird expert murdered in Jo’burg

Well-known KwaZulu-Natal birder Robin Guy (75) was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in Bryanston, Johannesburg, on Wednesday night. He and his wife, from Underberg,…

Zuma-led ANC will cost IFP dearly

A Jacob Zuma-led African National Congress will have a major impact in KwaZulu-Natal, analysts and politicians in the province said on Friday. They agreed the ANC’s popularity in…

Exchange student raped in university residence

An American exchange student from California was raped in the early hours of Tuesday morning in a women’s residence at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. South African Police…

Nozizwe says Manto sabotaged her work

The former deputy to South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said the minister deliberately undercut her efforts to tackle chronic illness in the HIV/Aids-ravaged…