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'Insourcing at UCT could raise costs'
UCT management’s decision to insource previously outsourced services could bring costs up by R80m a year.
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‘Govt should cover 80 percent of funding shortfall’
UCT’s vice chancellor Max Price says it’s government’s responsibility to bridge most of the funding gap.
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TUT suspends all classes as protests continue
TUT students are continuing with their protests for free education today.
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CARTOON: On a more serious note...
CARTOON: On a more serious note...
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SA wealth tax: Is it feasible?
Economists say while there may be support for the idea, it may be quite difficult to implement in practice.
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UCT asks NPA to drop charges against students
The institution has also decided to cancel a court interdict against protesting university goers.
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‘The wealthy should be taxed to fund higher education’
Blade Nzimande says govt must have the political will to tax the rich to fund higher education.
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Student protests continue at UCT & CPUT
UCT students have blocked off entrances while lectures were distrupted at CPUT.
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OPINION: Free university education is not the route to social justice
George Hull asks whether it’s true that in an ideal world, higher education would be free.
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MPs to debate university funding in Parliament
Govt is now trying to find the money to make up the shortfall from university income for 2016.
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Protests at UWC set to continue
The institution was forced to shut down yesterday after a group of protesters began intimidating students.
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Wits students reach late night agreement
The agreement was struck after the SRC accepted a new 9-point plan from management.
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Tuks students, management agree to resume all academic activities
Tuks' vice chancellor met with students who had occupied the client service centre for extensive talks.
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#LetUsWrite: Wits students sign petition to write exams
Over 4,000 students have signed a petition to write their exams.
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Protests continue at several universities
Students are pushing ahead with their protests, saying all all their demands have not been met.
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OPINION: Why Italy's income-based scheme for university fees makes sense
Emanuela Carleschi says public universities in Brazil, a country SA closely identifies with, are also free.
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TUT suspends lectures over ongoing protests
Many students are still not satisfied after the president announced university fees won't be hiked next year.
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Blade Nzimande: Hunt on for 2016 fee shortfall
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande says the search has begun to fill the funding shortfall which will be created by universities not raising fees next year.
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Adam Habib 'disappointed' over continued student protests
Wits University Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib says while he’s concerned that if students continue protesting, they will jeopardise losing the academic year.
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Wits students to continue protests until demands are met
Some students say not all their demands have been met, particularly the issue of addressing outsourcing.
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Nzimande: Search for 2016 funding shortfall has begun
Some students have accepted 'no fee increases for 2016' while others push on for free education.
