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[…]
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.[…]
Hundreds of academics who are in solidarity with protesting students across South African institutions have called the situation that has gripped the nation a crisis that government and vice chancellors need to urgently resolve. This is in stark contrast with Higher Education Minister Minister Blade Nzimande’s statement that the national[…]
Israeli forces have been using “disproportionate violence” against Palestinian children as they killed at least ten this month during the ongoing unrest that engulfs Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. “Amid escalating violence and an increasingly militarised environment where Israeli forces and settlers operate with complete impunity, Palestinian children have[…]
Israeli forces shot and killed a Jewish man in central Jerusalem overnight Wednesday after mistaking him for a “Palestinian attacker,” Israeli police and media said. Israeli media said the man was shot after he attempted to grab a weapon from Israeli security forces after an argument. The man was identified[…]
In Khawaja Ghar, a village in Deh Sabz district on the dusty outskirts of Kabul, there is little noticeable government presence, and Afghan soldiers and police are a rare sight. In fact, you are almost as likely to come across a Taliban fighter, residents of Khawaja Ghar and surrounding settlements[…]
Speaking at Wednesday’s ‘welcome rally’ for a delegation of visit Hamas officials, Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) president, Ml Ighsaan Hendricks took a more political tone in praising the ruling African National Congress(ANC) for its continued support for the Palestinian people and their struggle for liberation. The delegation, led by the[…]
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[…]
The ANC said it was “concerned” by the “invasion of the parliamentary premises” by protesting students on Wednesday. It also believed the situation could have been handled “differently”. The ruling party released a statement shortly after university students gathered in their thousands and stormed the parliamentary precinct. It said it[…]
Thousands of people gathered in Surrey Estate, at the Darul Islam High school, where the Hamas delegation addressed a crowd of supporters, who have all reaffirmed their support for Palestine. Young and old came together Wednesday afternoon to witness what has been called a historic moment for South Africa as[…]
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