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Students head to CPUT Granger Bay campus

More than a thousands students have arrived at the Waterfront as they make their way to Granger Bay hotel. CPUT management is apparently holding a meeting at the hotel. News24 reporter Thulani Gqirana said police were on their way to the scene. Meanwhile, News24 reporter Vernon Pillay said students were[…]

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UCT VC’s son arrested in protest

The son of University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vice Chancellor Max Price, Ilan, was among the 30 students arrested when the #Feesmustfall protest outside Parliament turned violent on Wednesday. UCT’s spokesperson, Pat Lucas, confirmed that Ilan was arrested with 29 other protesting students. Another student from a well-known family, ANC[…]

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Court action, more student marches planned

A court bid to stop excessive police force against students, more marches against tuition fee increases, and talks to end the chaos were planned for Thursday. In Cape Town, parents were applying for an interdict at the Western Cape High Court to stop police from using excessive force against students.[…]

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Tense scenes at parliament #NoFees protest

VOC News was on the front-lines outside parliament on Wednesday, as protesting students from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and University of Cape Town (UCT) voiced their displeasure at government’s refusal to scrap proposed tuition fee increases. Students have expressed dismay at the decision of several tertiary institutions[…]

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Students force way into Parliamentary precinct

Protesting University of Cape Town and Cape Peninsula University of Technology students forced themselves into the Parliamentary precinct on Wednesday, while the National Assembly was in session for Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s mid-term budget speech. Students were shouting for Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande to address them and gathered at[…]

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University students to protest against fee increases

University students across the country will protest against tuition fee increases in what they call a National Day of Action campaign on Wednesday. The students will be marching against the fee hikes of various institutions set for 2016. The South African Students Congress (Sasco) called on all students to embark[…]

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We’ll shut down all institutions: Sasco

Student leaders vowed to completely shut down all institutions of higher learning in the country on Wednesday. The students are demanding the scrapping of fees at universities. “We are going to shut down all institutions until management hears that we don’t want fees,” South African Students Congress (Sasco) Gauteng deputy[…]

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Student protests are ‘legitimate’: ANC

The ANC says the current student protests at several of the country’s universities over fee hikes are “legitimate”. In a statement, national spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said: “These legitimate protests underscore the very important call that affordability cannot be the barometer that is used to determine whether the youth of our[…]

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UCT students occupy Bremner building

Protesting students at UCT barricaded entrances to the university on Monday over a proposed increase in study fees and the outsourcing of workers. Police officials taped the roads off and directed traffic away but many chose to park on the side of the road or M3 highway and walk. Protesters,[…]

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Nzimande to meet with vice chancellors over fees

Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande is to meet with vice chancellors from various institutions to tackle the issue of fee hikes. The announcement follows a turbulent few days across institutions of higher learning throughout the country as students protested over fee increases. “I am tomorrow [Tuesday] convening a[…]

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