The University of the Western Cape (UWC) has decided to suspend all face-to-face classes for the rest of the academic year, in the light of on-going campus violence. Violent protests erupted on Wednesday after management did not attend a mass meeting called by the students. Extensive damage was caused to[…]
Most of the main universities in the Western Cape will remain closed today due to ongoing students’ protests linked to the fees must fall campaign. Students gathered for a mass meeting at the University of the Western Cape on Monday. Management has decided to keep the institution closed until it[…]
The University of the Western Cape will hold a series of meetings on Monday to discuss the way forward relating to ongoing fees protests. Management and students are scheduled to hold dialogues to address various issues. Other universities in the province are planning to have academic activities on Monday. UWC[…]
A Cape Town grandfather, who has earned his Master’s degree at the age of 71, has now set his sights on starting his PhD studies. Anthony de la Harpe, from Belhar, started his Master’s studies at 68 and graduated with his MA in history from the University of the Western[…]
UWC Fees Will Fall movement has accused the university’s management of being silent on incidents of sexual assault against students at the institution, and has launched a rape awareness campaign on campus. The group claims that four women were sexually violated over three days last month, and several students participated[…]
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is on lockdown as workers and students barricade all entrances the university with protests for higher wages and an end to outsourcing. Police have tried to disperse protesters with rubber bullets after workers chanted on university premises from all main entrances. Students watched[…]
The University of the Western Cape has obtained a court order preventing a group of protesting workers and about 50 students supporting their cause from disrupting campus operations, its executive management said on Wednesday. “The court order authorises and directs the police to intervene and assist the university. [It] has[…]
As most students across the Western Cape face financial and academic exclusion due to #FeesMustFall 2015 protests they are left with turbulent uncertainty. The UWC SRC demands that the historical debt of students be cleared. “Historical debt has always served as a barrier to students prohibiting from registering[…]
The long-running battle within the council of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) is set to go back to court. And, once again, the unresolved allegations of corruption, especially concerning a R70m security tender, continue to swirl amid claims of political interference, backstabbing and backhanders. On December 18, suspended[…]
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[…]
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