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‘Universities must be spaces for debate’

Protests over racial issues such as statues and other symbols of the country’s divided history, as well as tuition and student housing, have spread at universities across South Africa. At some universities, students protested the use of Afrikaans as an official language, frustrated that decades after the end of minority-white[…]

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UFS vice chancellor: ‘I have received death threats’

University of the Free State vice chancellor, Professor Jonathan Jansen, said that he has received death threats, and was also accused of putting the interests of certain racial groups first. “I have been accused of putting black student’s interests above the white students, and I am also accused of putting[…]

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UCT gets interdict against 16 students

The University of Cape Town has got a court interdict against 16 students, including Eskom CEO Brian Molefe’s son, following violent campus protests. The university approached the Cape Town High Court on Wednesday after busts were damaged, and paintings, a Jammie shuttle bus and a bakkie were set alight. Vice[…]

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Nzimande hails student meeting, despite walkout

While Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande hailed his meeting with SRC leaders as a success, cracks began to emerge after student leaders from various universities walked out of the meeting earlier in the day. Speaking alongside a handful of students who had not left the meeting, Nzimande said he was[…]

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#FeesMustFall leaders present list of demands

We will not stop until the ANC delivers on the promises it made 21 years ago. This was the warning from some of the leaders of the #FeesMustFall campaign on Wednesday during a media briefing. A small group of students gathered in the park opposite the entrance of the University[…]

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Tukkies gets interdict against protesters

The University of Pretoria on Tuesday obtained an urgent court interdict against those hampering registration processes at the institution. “An urgent court order was obtained interdicting protesters from their unlawful actions to bring the situation under control and to allow students who have worked hard to be accepted at the[…]

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Police was exemplary during #Feesmustfall protests: Zuma

Police killings, public order policing’s handling of the #Feesmustfall protests and the allegations of misconduct against suspended national police commissioner Riah Phiyega were highlighted in President Jacob Zuma’s reflections on the year. In his end of the year statement on Friday, Zuma said public order policing came under sharp focus[…]

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Zuma protests divided along racial, class lines

South Africans have the right to express their democratic opinion through means of protest action so long as those protests remain within bounds of the rule of law. So says policy analyst, Jan Hofmeyr, as South Africans across the country prepare for a wave of anti-corruption marches under the banner[…]

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#ZumaMustFall marches to go ahead

As the tide of public sentiment grows against President Jacob Zuma, people from all quarters are mobilizing in a nationwide demonstration being dubbed the Zuma Must Fall march. The country’s number one is facing increased pressure from both civil society and the broader public after overseeing the appointment of two[…]

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