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CPUT announces 8% increase for ‘rich’ students

Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Vice Chancellor Dr Prince Nevhutalu on Friday announced an 8% increase in fees for 2017 for the 10% of students who can afford it. The other 90%, he told an assembly of stakeholders at CPUT’s Bellville campus, are students who either have NSFAS loans[…]

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CPUT alumnus to participate in Cape Epic

The countdown to the ABSA Cape Epic, which is one of the worlds’ most prestigious cycling events, has begun. Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) along with their co-sponsor, Professional Provident Society (PPS), will be entering a development team, made up of a CPUT alumnus and a rider of promise.[…]

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CPUT court order set aside

Cape Peninsula University of Technology students living in university residences will be allowed to stay on campus for an additional week. This after the institution’s court order to have them removed was set aside in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. Students were initially given a deadline to vacate[…]

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Vandals halt CPUT Bellville exams again

Final exams for CPUT students at the Bellville campus, which were scheduled to commence on Monday, have once again been brought to a halt after examination venues were vandalised. The institution said the destruction happened on Sunday night. “The venue is being cleaned up and we are determined to have[…]

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I am tired of trouble: CPUT student

Students wheeling suitcases and carrying tog bags have started making their way out of the residences of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) Bellville campus. “I am tired of the trouble,” one student said. “I am sleeping at the home of a classmate until I catch my flight next[…]

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‘We’ve lost control of students’: FMF

A member of the Fees Must Fall movement at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) has conceded that the student movement has lost control of students who have revolted on campus by looting resources and set buildings alight. UWC and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) remains on[…]

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CPUT students make last-minute plans after call to vacate

With a plastic bag filled with a few items of clothing, a flustered first-year mechanical engineering student said on Tuesday he was desperately trying to find a place to stay for the next week. This after the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) instructed those living in university residences to[…]

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Parents of protesting students show their support

Parents of protesting UWC and CPUT students have united to form the Fees Must Fall Parents Solidarity Committee, following allegations of police brutality against some students. The two Belville-based institutions have been the scene of violent protests over the past week, carrying on from the successful nationwide #FeesMustFall campaign that[…]

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Student riots spread to CPUT Bellville campus

At least 25 people were arrested at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) Bellville campus on Friday as student protests continued. The institution announced that all activities, including classes and exams, had been suspended for the day. Riot police threw stun grenades and questioned students they thought were protesters[…]

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CPUT lecturers gives ground report from Nepal

Three lecturers from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) Health and Wellness faculty were part of the 23 man strong Gift of the Givers (GOTG) team, who more than two weeks ago travelled to earthquake hit Nepal to assist with rescue operations. The small landlocked state was hit by[…]

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