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[…]
The controversial game Charlie Charlie has left various schools on high alert following concerning reports of youth affected. Outraged Trafalgar High School learners have appealed to other learners at Western Cape schools not to participate in playing the game but to remember their relationship with their Creator. The game involves[…]
Students from several high school Muslim Student Association (MSA) bodies have opted to unite under a solitary banner, with the goal of developing an active network through which to promote cultural and religious identity. The newly formed ‘MSA Schools of the Cape’, which is to launch with a conference this[…]
Stellenbosch University rector and vice chancellor Professor Wim de Villiers has slammed a protest, which broke out in a lecture hall at the university on Monday morning. A student sent News24 a video of the disruption, saying the objections emanated from the university’s language policy and was led by members[…]
An independent Mexican commission has found serious flaws in an investigation into the apparent massacre of 43 students last year, dealing a fresh blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto over a scandal that has blighted his administration. The case became a symbol of impunity over disappearances, and plunged Pena Nieto[…]
The South African Students Congress (SASCO) has suspended some of its members who participated in a recent trip to Israel. Local Palestinian solidarity organisations have labelled these holidays as “propaganda trips”, an attempt by the Zionist lobby to wage a counter offensive to the local solidarity campaigns. SASCO believes the[…]
Efforts are underway to establish a non-profit education center in the Gaza Strip that will cater to some of the embattled region’s brightest young students. The project, entitled ‘The Voice of Gaza’ is the brainchild of South African educator, Barry Ackerman, now UK based, who has collaborated with Gazan counterpart,[…]
Amid all daily brutality of gang violence in Manenberg recently, for some learners at Manenberg High School, Thursday brought a small relief, as they were given breakfast on World Hunger Day. It is estimated that in South Africa more than 11 million people go hungry everyday with one in five[…]
A horrific school bus crash in Stellenbosch left one child’s arm pinned under the bus while other injured children tore up their school uniforms and used it on injured limbs, Netwerk24 reported on Wednesday. The bus, which was carrying 31 Hoërskool Cloetesville pupils on Tuesday morning, crashed and overturned on[…]
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