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UCT protests shut down campus

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been shutdown due to ongoing protests against proposed fee increases. A nationwide fees hike protest has hit UCT hard, with all lectures, academic operations, library facilities and transport services either shut or suspended until the protests simmer down. “No one can come to[…]

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We are exploited, UCT cleaner insists

Thembisa Xeketwane wakes up at 04:00 every morning to ready herself for work. She never oversleeps because she doesn’t have money to pay for a bus ticket if she misses her train. “I work for wages that are so little. I have to choose between paying my debt and buying[…]

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Students call on UCT to cut ties with mining company

In August 2012 South African police opened fire on striking mineworkers at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana. The Marikana massacre was the single most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since 1960 in which 34 mineworkers were killed. The incident made world headlines and[…]

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Interim order allows Maxwele to attend UCT classes

The Western Cape High Court on Wednesday granted an interim order allowing University of Cape Town student Chumani Maxwele to attend classes, his lawyer Barnabas Xulu said. “The interim order basically grants him the right to attend classes and tutorials. The most important thing is he is able to register.[…]

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One of Cape’s first Muslim female doctors dies

One of Cape Town’s first Muslim women doctors passed away at the Rondebosch Medical Centre on Sunday night. Dr Khairunisa Parker, 81 took ill last week and was hospitalized on Friday. She graduated from UCT in 1959. She lived and schooled in Salt River and enrolled for the medical degree[…]

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UCT students stage sit-in over gay ‘sin’ comments

University of Cape Town SRC chairperson Ramabina Mahapa said on Wednesday they have always supported the rights of minorities and specifically the gay community. Around 20 UCT students staged a brief sit-in of the university’s SRC offices on Tuesday following controversial comments made by an SRC representative regarding LGBT rights.[…]

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UCT rejects Maxwele ‘conspiracy theory’ claims

The University of Cape Town has rejected claims by the ANC Youth League and other organisations that student Chumani Maxwele’s suspension is part of a wider “conspiracy” against the student. Maxwele was suspended from the university in May of this year following an altercation with a lecturer over study space[…]

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UCT students suspended over illegal occupation

Fourteen students at the University of Cape Town have thus far been suspended for occupying Avenue house, an administrative building that forms part of the student housing system at UCT. These students form part of the Rhodes Must Fall Movement (RMFM). This movement was founded in the early stages of[…]

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Student’s suspension not related to protests: UCT

The University of Cape Town has distanced itself from Chumani Maxwele’s claims that his suspension from the university is related to his involvement in the Rhodes Must Fall campaign. In a statement released on Thursday, the university confirmed it had suspended a student pending a disciplinary hearing following an incident[…]

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