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FILE: Campus management said the nature of the unrest had been violent and resulted in the destruction of university and private property. Picture: www.dut.ac.za

Student protests

DUT says student protests sparked by political, socio-economic interests

By Kevin Brandt

Speaking before the higher education committee on recent protests on the campus, the university's management said the damage still needed to be quantified, but...

  • The University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN)'s Howard College campus. Picture: Facebook

    UKZN Howard Campus to reopen following violent clashes

    On Thursday, students clashed with private security guards, rubber bullets were fired to disperse the crowds. The campus shut down after a group of people gathered on the premises again on Friday.

    87 days ago
  • The University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN)'s Howard College campus. Picture: Facebook

    UKZN closes Howard College campus after protests

    Student clashed with private security on Thursday and rubber bullets were fired shortly afterwards.

    90 days ago
  • FILE: Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Picture: @OscarMabuyane/Twitter.

    EC's Mabuyane urges WSU students to refrain from violence following protests

    The demonstrations descended into chaos this week, forcing the institution to shut down all its four campuses until further notice.

    393 days ago
  • FILE: Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Picture: @OscarMabuyane/Twitter.

    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.

    394 days ago
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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.

    406 days ago
  • 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.

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

    Academic staff at Wits stand in solidarity with protesting students

    They say the concessions on free education made after the fees must fall movement seemed not to have alleviated pressure on either students or academic staff.

    413 days ago
  • FILE:  This comes as students continue their call for free higher education in the country.  Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News.

    Wits SRC assists over 350 students with registration

    Protests were carried about in Braamfontein earlier this month, which saw 35-year-old Mthokozisi Ntumba killed after being shot by police.

    416 days ago
  • FILE: Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has condemned recent incidents of vandalism at institutions across the country during the student protests as well as acts of criminality.. Picture: GCIS

    Nzimande calls on university vice-chancellors to curb destruction of property

    Nzimande said at least 10 institutions, including the University of Johannesburg and the University of KwaZulu-Natal were vandalised while some buildings were torched, with the damages costing more than R32 million.

    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.

    418 days ago
  • The four police officers who allegedly killed Mthokozisi Ntumba appeared in the Johannesburg magistrates court on 24 March 2021. Ntumba was shot and killed when police fired rubber bullets at protesting students in Braamfontein. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Four officers in the Ntumba murder case to know today if they will get bail

    The policemen aged between 27- and 51-years old face charges of murder, attempted murder and defeating the ends of justice following Mthokozisi Ntumba's death.

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

    Student protests: Nzimande labels outrage over ‘soap opera’ comment as malicious

    On Thursday, the South African Federation of Trade Unions called for Nzimande's resignation after he likened recent countrywide student protests to a soapie.

    419 days ago
  • 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.

    420 days ago
  • FILE: A National Assembly hybrid plenary sitting in line with COVID-19 regulations on 27 August 2020. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    EFF to present private member's bill in Parly in bid to cancel student debt

    EFF head of Presidency and Member of Parliament, Sinawo Tambo, said that the debt had to be scrapped in order to allow students who had earned their qualifications to make meaningful contributions to society.

    421 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.

    421 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.

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

    SAUS vows to march to Union Buildings after Nzimande snubs meeting

    Students said that they were not willing to back down and would be taking their fight for free higher education to the Union Buildings at a date yet to be announced.

    422 days ago
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