Fees must fall
MCEBO DLAMINI: Demystifying the myth that blacks are lazy and do not think
We exist within a structure that makes it difficult and sometimes almost impossible for black people to progress, writes Mcebo Dlamini.
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Premier Mabuyane condemns student protest at Walter Sisulu University
Students have been protesting over financial exclusion, lack of NSFAS funding and transport allowance among other issues.
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ANALYSIS: This is how SA’s higher education funding system can be more realistic
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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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.
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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.
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Wits students won't heed SAUS call to suspend protest over free higher education
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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‘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.
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‘Fighting the devil’ – JHB students to hold prayer meeting over free education
Last week, the South African Union of Students (SAUS) called for a national shutdown of universities after they presented a memorandum of demands to the Higher Education Department.
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Wits SRC to begin allocating funds to qualifying students after raising R4m
Student leaders say they will begin the process of allocating the funds to qualifying students from Tuesday.
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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.
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Two Wits students arrested during protests due in court for bail application
They were arrested last week during protests in Braamfontein.
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R10 goes a long way: Twitter initiative raises over R1 million to help students
The initiative started last week Friday when media personality Lasizwe Dambuza asked his social media followers to get involved to help students currently facing a financial crisis.
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EFF student command calls for suspension of online lectures amid protests
Spokesperson Siya Nyulu said online courses must be suspended and the academic year put on hold until all deserving students were registered and funded.
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MCEBO DLAMINI: The struggle for free education must not be betrayed
As a former leader of student protests at Wits University, Mcebo Dlamini explores the resurgence in the Fees Must Fall movement.
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WATCH LIVE: Mthokozisi Ntumba remembered at memorial service
Ntumba was shot and killed in Braamfontein last week when police fired rubber bullets at protesting Wits University students.
