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FILE: Bonginkosi Khanyile in court. Picture: @BonginkosiKhanyile/Twitter.

Fees must fall

Arrested Bonginkosi Khanyile’s family accuses State of playing delaying tactics

By Nhlanhla Mabaso

Khanyile appeared in the Durban Magistrate Court earlier on Monday, but the matter was postponed to Thursday for a bail application.

  • Fees Must Fall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile appears in Durban court

    FeesMustFall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile appeared in the Durban Magistrates court on 23 August 2021. Khanyile is facing charges of incitement to commit public violence during the recent unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng; holding an illegal gathering and for not wearing a face mask in adherence to Covid-19 regulations.

    273 days ago
  • FILE: Police face off against protesting students on the south lawn of the Union Buildings in Pretoria during the Fees Must Fall march on 23 October 2015. Picture: AFP.

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    Ongoing student protests in South Africa have once again highlighted various problems with higher education funding. They boil down to challenges of affordability and sustainability.

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  • Students blocked the entrance to the Mangosuthu University of Technology during a protest led by the EFF Student Command over registration and funding on Thursday, 8 April 2021. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/Eyewitness News.

    MUT management vows to act decisively against disruptive student protests

    On Thursday, a small group of students staged demonstrations over registration and funding issues, which they claim have been raised since February.

    410 days ago
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    UPDATE: Student arrested during protests at MUT

    The students had blocked some of the roads in and out of Umlazi earlier and officers were deployed to the scene.

    410 days ago
  • FILE: A small group of protesting students blocked roads with stones and rubble in Braamfontein near Wits University as part of the National Shutdown over student finances on 15 March 2021. Picture: Mia Lindeque/Eyewitness News

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    This is in contradiction to a decision taken by the union to suspend all protests, following a meeting with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande earlier this week.

    417 days ago
  • South African Police Service (SAPS) officers use teargas to disperse students during a protest in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on March 10, 2021. Picture: Emmanuel Croset/AFP

    SAUS calls off national protests over free higher education

    The South African Union of Students (SAUS) said that the decision was taken following a meeting with Higher Education Minster Blade Nzimande earlier this week.

    417 days ago
  • FILE: Sporadic protests began in early January after Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande announced that some students would be excluded from a government-sponsored tuition aid scheme. Picture: EWN

    SA’s bruising fight for free education

    Unrest hits South African universities every year over prohibitively expensive tuition fees that many argue shut poorer, often black, students out of higher education.

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  • Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande at a media briefing on 18 January 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    Saftu calls on Nzimande to resign after likening students protests to soapie

    On Tuesday, Nzimande expressed concern over the disruptions at tertiary institutions where students are calling for historic debt to be scrapped and for government to deliver on the promise of free education.

    424 days ago
  • Mthokozisi Ntumba was shot and killed during student protests on Wednesday, 10 March 2021. Picture: Facebook.

    4 officers accused of murdering Mthokozisi Ntumba to apply for bail today

    The officers from the Public Order Policing Unit appeared for the first time in court last week where they were formally charged with murder, attempted murder and defeating the ends of justice.

    425 days ago
  • Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande at a media briefing on 18 January 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    ‘The Bold & the Beautiful’ - Nzimande likens student protests to soapie

    'Every year, it’s like a soapie now, 'The Bold and the Beautiful', every beginning of the year there is instability,' Minister Nzimande said.

    425 days ago
  • Students protest in Braamfontein over historic debt on 15 March 2021. Picture: Mia Lindeque/Eyewitness News

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    426 days ago
  • FILE: Wits University. Picture: Supplied.

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    Student leaders say they will begin the process of allocating the funds to qualifying students from Tuesday.

    426 days ago
  • Protest action by students in the Braamfontein Precinct. Jorrisen, Bertha & De Korte Str affected. Picture: @JoburgMPD/Twitter.

    Students vow to continue protests over historic debt next week until demands met

    Wits University SRC’s Mpendulo Mfeka reiterated that they were not backing down until their demands were met.

    430 days ago
  • A small group of protesting students blocked roads with stones and rubble in Braamfontein near Wits University as part of the National Shutdown over student finances on 15 March 2021. Picture: Mia Lindeque/Eyewitness News

    Two Wits students arrested during protests due in court for bail application

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    430 days ago
  • Protesting students march back to Braamfontein along Solomon & Smit streets on 15 March 2021. Picture: @JoburgMPD/Twitter

    R10 goes a long way: Twitter initiative raises over R1 million to help students

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