There was no need for students to break down the doors of learning when these were already open, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. “There is no need for violent protests which give the impression that government is opposed to students,” he told ambassadors and high commissioners at the Heads[…]
University students must learn from how the struggle was won almost entirely through passive resistance to make society ungovernable, retired Constitutional Court justice Zak Yacoob said on Tuesday night. He said he sympathised with where students were, but violence should never be on the cards. “Our struggle, apart from Sharpeville[…]
Universities South Africa Chief Executive Officer, Professor Ahmed Bawa, has told the Fees Commission in Pretoria that the setting of fees and annual budgeting have always been the prerogative of university councils. Bawa says universities started experiencing financial constraints during the global economic crisis eight years ago. He says the[…]
Most of the main universities in the Western Cape will remain closed today due to ongoing students’ protests linked to the fees must fall campaign. Students gathered for a mass meeting at the University of the Western Cape on Monday. Management has decided to keep the institution closed until it[…]
The University of the Western Cape will hold a series of meetings on Monday to discuss the way forward relating to ongoing fees protests. Management and students are scheduled to hold dialogues to address various issues. Other universities in the province are planning to have academic activities on Monday. UWC[…]
The University of the Witwatersrand and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) said classes will continue on Friday‚ despite repeated protests by #FeesMustFall protesters. Wits announced on Friday morning that two students were arrested following protests by students who used stones to break several windows and damaged several buildings overnight.[…]
Fifteen student leaders are expected to meet to negotiate free education with Wits University management in Solomon House on Thursday morning. There are strict controls in place at entrances by security and everyone who enters must prove they are a student by presenting their student cards. There is a heavy[…]
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is expected to make a presentation to the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training when it sits in Centurion on Thursday. The commission was established by President Jacob Zuma as part of a range of measures to address a demand for fee-free education.[…]
Protests at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology almost turned deadly in the early hours of Wednesday morning. According to university spokesperson Lauren Kansley‚ the main administration building and the security office at the Bellville campus were set alight. “Charges of attempted murder were laid after protesters locked two security[…]
Several petrol bombs have been found at Wits University’s main campus in Braamfontein. Students are forging ahead with protest action at the university calling for free higher education. On Tuesday, chaos broke out at the university with students clashing with police resulting in several injuries. On Monday, students took their[…]
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