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  • Students burnt almost anything they could get their hands on including rubbish and furniture from their residences. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    UWC's day of violent protests, rubber bullets & tear gas

    Police and students clashed violently into the night at the University of the Western Cape's Bellville campus.

    2390 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Blade Nzimande. Picture: Christa van der Walt/EWN.

    Varsity shortfalls: Ministry to push for final finance plan at top meeting

    Govt. has to find around R2.7 billion to uphold a 0% university tuition fee hike in 2016.

    2404 days ago
  • An #EndOutsourcing protester claps along to a song during a gathering of students and workers at UCT. Picture: Anthony Molyneaux/EWN

    UCT students protest over outsourcing

    UCT students are joining forces with university workers as they fight to end outsourcing at the University of Cape Town.

    2405 days ago
  • A birds eye view of the chaos which occurred in Pretoria union building on fees must fall protest. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN

    #FeesMustFall: Aerial view of Union Building chaos

    Violent clashes broke out between students and police at the Union Buildings in Pretoria as students demanded fees must fall.

    2409 days ago
  • Hundreds of students gathered outside Jameson Hall at UCT on 22 October, 2015. Picture: Abed Ahmed/EWN.

    OPINION: Students need degrees, not invoices

    Second-year student Nandipha Buso reiterates the call that higher education should not be a debt sentence.

    2409 days ago
  • Stun grenades dispersed the UCT protesters at parliament. Picture: Anthony Molyneaux/EWN

    Rocks, stun grenades & UCT: A historic day at parliament

    #FeesMustFall protesters clashed with police outside Parliament. The protests started out peacefully, but escalated quickly after police moved in to disperse students.

    2411 days ago
  • Police clash with student protesters outside Parliament. Picture: Anthony Molyneaux EWN

    Violence erupts between police & protesters outside Parliament

    Police pushed back student protesters outside Parliament.

    2411 days ago
  • A tyre burns as the UCT FeesMustFall protestors march to university residences. Picture: Anthony Molyneaux/EWN

    UCT protesters recruit workers & students

    UCT #FeesMustFall protests continued on Tuesday morning. Students entered university residences and offices, singing and occupying them for short periods of time.

    2412 days ago
  • Police remove UCT protestors after they refused to leave the Bremner building on the UCT campus. Picture: Anthony Molyneaux/EWN

    Flash bangs & tear gas: A rough night at UCT

    Police removed #FeesMustFall protesters from UCT's Bremner Building during the early hours of Tuesday morning using flash bangs & tear gas.

    2413 days ago
  • Students protest at UCT in an attempt to reduce tuition fees and to eliminate outsourcing. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    #FeesMustFall: UCT students protest

    Students from UCT closed off roads, protested against a hike in tuition fees and the outsourcing of labour.

    2413 days ago
  • Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Picture: Werner Beukes/SAPA

    No allowance increase for striking med students

    Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said a strike by SA medical students in Cuba could affect other students.

    3381 days ago
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    TUT students call for better education

    Students at the Tshwane University of Technology handed over a memorandum of grievances.

    3572 days ago
  • FILE PICTURE: Service delivery protests.

    Students protest in Vredenburg

    Students from the West Coast F.E.T College in Vredenburg are protesting about poor living conditions.

    3595 days ago
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