After continuous unrest and turbulent protest action, 1000 students staged a sleep-in demanding no hike in student residence fees at the University of Witswatersrand. The demands were addressed by Wits University’s senior executive team, following an announcement of a 0% fees increase on Friday. Wits University’s senior executive team are[…]
While the South African government has place a moratorium on fee increases at tertiary education institutions for next year, financially strapped students feel this is not enough. South Africa is still reeling after one of its largest nationwide student protests last week which completely shut down university campuses at its[…]
The Western Cape Police Ombudsman has confirmed that his office will be looking into possible policing inefficiencies during last week’s #FeesMustFall protests. The investigation is based on a request from Western Cape MEC for Community Safety, Dan Plato and is specifically centred on issues that preceded clashes between police and[…]
The academic programme at the University of Cape Town remains suspended, the institution announced on Sunday via Twitter. “After careful consideration we advise that campus will be closed tomorrow, Monday, October 26 2015,” the University tweeted. This comes after a wave of student protests over fee increases for 2016 swept[…]
Some universities have revised examination schedules in light of the student protests. Both Stellenbosch University and the University of the Western Cape said they would postpone exams by a week to give students adequate time to prepare. In a statement, Stellenbosch University said this included all forms of assessment and[…]
Thousands of students today gathered at the University of Cape Town for a fourth day of protests, which have sprung up all around the country against proposed student fee increases that are scheduled to take place next year. Students as well as a few academics took to the streets of[…]
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.[…]
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[…]
Rising fees at the Stellenbosch University, and other tertiary institutions around South Africa, affect all students but especially poor black students. This was the message from a protesting student addressing a crowd at the Rooiplein at Stellenbosch on Wednesday, one of a number of protests against rising university fees taking[…]
The fact that the #FeesMustFall protests are as nationally spread as they are and are gaining significant traction amongst students indicates how financially crippling tertiary education has become, according to Attorney Nurina Ally. Her comments come amid a growing student movement against proposed fee hikes at universities across the country.[…]
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