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[…]
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[…]
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,[…]
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[…]
Universities are struggling to cope financially due to a lack of student funding coming from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), hence the proposed fee increases, according the director of the Higher Education Transformation Network (HETN), Hendrick Makaneta. A wave of protests has swept across tertiary institutions throughout the[…]
Rhodes University in Grahamstown has shut as students’ protests over fee increases for next year spreads across the country. Rhodes SRC president Zikisa Maqubela said: “Students are protesting (about the) minimum initial payment, which means students are required to pay 50 percent of the fees. This means if students live[…]
Former Wits SRC president Mcebo Dlamini, known for his controversial Hitler remarks, has criticised Wits vice chancellor Adam Habib for not understanding the plight of protesting students, despite being black himself. Dlamini was addressing students during their third day of protest. “For the past three days, we were left with[…]
Wits University Vice Chancellor Adam Habib is expected to meet with student representatives on Friday following two days of protests at the institution. This as Wits said in a statement earlier that it would “postpone” all activities at all of their campuses on Friday – barring the Medical School campus.[…]
The protest at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) over fee increases has entered its second day with students saying they were not willing to back down. Wits student representatives’ council (SRC) secretary general Fasiha Hassan said the university “did not understand” the experiences and struggles of most of its[…]
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