Students representatives from several universities said they could not guarantee that students would not return to the streets in protest when academic activities resumed in 2016. The group met with Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education in Johannesburg on Thursday, where they advised that it was best that resolutions be[…]
Police who attended to the student protests at several universities across the country have alleged that some of the protesting students had guns. “Police said some of the students had live ammunition. We cannot confirm that… You may know better… Nonetheless, it is what they are putting to us,” said[…]
All outsourced staff employed at the University of the Western Cape will receive a monthly allowance of R2 000 from December 1, the council said in a statement. This is one of many agreements taken during a two-day meeting where council considered some of the issues raised by the students[…]
Demands that lack legitimacy. A student leadership not elected through a democratic process. Students with leaders who lack negotiation experience. These were some of the factors that have led to the continued protests at the University of the Western Cape said the South African Institute of Race Relations’ Sara Gon.[…]
Exams at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) will continue on Monday, the institution said on Thursday. Exams, which were cancelled this week because of the violent protests on campus, would be repeated the week of December 1, UWC spokesperson Luthando Tyhalibongo said in a statement. UWC was doing[…]
Parliament has obtained a second interdict against the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) to stop them from further protests in the precinct. Parliament’s secretary Gengezi Mgidlana said this was after days of protests, which culminated in stun grenades used by police to clear singing employees off the[…]
Thousands of members of Afghanistan’s Hazara ethnic minority demonstrated on Wednesday against government inaction over the killing of seven members of their community by Islamist militants who dumped their partially beheaded bodies. The mainly Shia Hazara have long faced persecution in Afghanistan, with thousands massacred by the Taliban and al[…]
The following jumuah khutbah was delivered by Imam Dr. Rashied Omar at the Jordan Street Masjid in Manenberg on Friday 30 October. The month of October 2015 will forever be remembered in the history of our country for the courageous protests by our university students for free quality education for[…]
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[…]
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