Students wheeling suitcases and carrying tog bags have started making their way out of the residences of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) Bellville campus. “I am tired of the trouble,” one student said. “I am sleeping at the home of a classmate until I catch my flight next[…]
With a plastic bag filled with a few items of clothing, a flustered first-year mechanical engineering student said on Tuesday he was desperately trying to find a place to stay for the next week. This after the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) instructed those living in university residences to[…]
Parents of protesting UWC and CPUT students have united to form the Fees Must Fall Parents Solidarity Committee, following allegations of police brutality against some students. The two Belville-based institutions have been the scene of violent protests over the past week, carrying on from the successful nationwide #FeesMustFall campaign that[…]
A stun grenade was fired at a crowd of protesters apparently rattling the gates of the Stellenbosch police station following the arrest of four Stellenbosch University workers on Tuesday. Crowds of workers and students were making their way through the streets after the four were arrested during protest action against[…]
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.[…]
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has launched a final plea for parents to ensure their children have been enrolled at a school or risk exclusion from the 2016 academic year. The department has made several calls throughout the year in order to get parents to be more proactive, but[…]
The University of the Western Cape says campus staff were attacked by protesting students on Wednesday morning. In a statement, it said its fire and medical officer was attacked while a female security officer was threatened at knifepoint. University spokesperson Luthando Tyhalibongo said five students were arrested in connection with[…]
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[…]
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[…]
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will be discontinuing its outsourcing policy and has officially committed to in-sourcing six of the basic services needed to maintain the institution. This decision comes after UCT management met with the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union this week. UCT’s Vice Chancellor, Dr[…]
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