Hundreds of Cape Town students marched to Parliament on Monday demanding to speak to President Jacob Zuma, refusing to settle for anyone “less”. They were not impressed when they were addressed by Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi instead. Nxesi said, however, he was addressing the students in his capacity as[…]
A renewed call by a group of protesters at the University of the Western Cape to have the rector of the institution address them, has been turned down by university management. In a statement on Saturday, the UWC executive explained that on Thursday the group of protesting students was informed[…]
Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana on Thursday graciously donned a protest T-shirt offered to him by a group of protesters outside Parliament, sporting the slogans #EndOutsourcing #feesmustfall. The group – made up of students and workers from various universities – were waiting to hand over a memorandum calling for[…]
Police will have to account for their handling of the #FeesMustFall protests in Parliament next week. The Visible and Public Order Policing units will appear before the police committee on Thursday, November 5, in the aftermath of the recent countrywide student protests. Committee chairperson Francois Beukman told MPs on Wednesday[…]
This forms part of a series focusing on BDS movements around the world The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement known by its acronym, BDS, with branches quickly spreading throughout the world has quickly become the main focus of international solidarity and activism. The movement has grown in size as a[…]
Violence broke out and police fired rubber bullets outside the Union Buildings on Friday afternoon where some students were still waiting for President Jacob Zuma to address them in regards to university fee increases. This was taking place as Zuma announced via a televised address from inside the Union Buildings[…]
There will be no increase of fees at universities across the country, President Jacob Zuma announced on Friday, following a week of national protests by students. “On the matter at hand, we agreed that there will be a 0% increase of university fees in 2016,” he said via a camera[…]
President Jacob Zuma will be forced to face the wrath of protesting students on Friday when they descend on the Union Buildings to await his address. Thousands of students, civil society groups and academics will be waiting for the president’s comments on the tuition fee hike debate that has gripped[…]
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe came down to meet with protesting students outside the party’s Luthuli House headquarters in Johannesburg on Thursday. Earlier, former Wits University SRC president Mcebo Dlamini told the crowd: “The secretary general of the ANC will humble himself and come down here.” “When I was growing[…]
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[…]
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