Cape Town – Three suspects have been taken in for questioning following the recent attacks on women in the vicinity of Rhodes Memorial – the latest of which was reported on Monday afternoon. It is believed that in the latest incident, the attacker assaulted the woman before attempting to rape[…]
University of Cape Town (UCT) staff have had to renegotiate their salary increases for 2016 following last year’s decision not to increase university fees. The National Health Education and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) said it had been asked to accept an 8% increase for its members at UCT, down from[…]
A man accused of raping a student at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Avenue House – or Azania – has been arrested, police said on Tuesday. The 24-year-old suspect would appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, police spokesperson captain FC Van Wyk said. University spokesperson Gerda Kruger[…]
Students at a University of Cape Town residence were awoken by an early morning blaze on Wednesday that left a Jammie Shuttle bus completely burnt out. The University of Cape Town confirmed the incident but said firefighters quickly extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire is not yet known.[…]
The University of Cape Town (UCT) could find itself incurring more costs following its “irrational” banishing of outsourcing, according to an economist. This week the university committed to doing away with outsourcing of services, including cleaning and security, after two weeks of protests by students and workers. Economist Chris Hart[…]
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[…]
The academic programme at the University of Cape Town remains suspended, the institution announced on Sunday via Twitter. “After careful consideration we advise that campus will be closed tomorrow, Monday, October 26 2015,” the University tweeted. This comes after a wave of student protests over fee increases for 2016 swept[…]
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[…]
The son of University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vice Chancellor Max Price, Ilan, was among the 30 students arrested when the #Feesmustfall protest outside Parliament turned violent on Wednesday. UCT’s spokesperson, Pat Lucas, confirmed that Ilan was arrested with 29 other protesting students. Another student from a well-known family, ANC[…]
Protesting students at UCT barricaded entrances to the university on Monday over a proposed increase in study fees and the outsourcing of workers. Police officials taped the roads off and directed traffic away but many chose to park on the side of the road or M3 highway and walk. Protesters,[…]
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