#FeesMustFall Archives - Voice of the Cape

Shot and killed bystander, Mthokozisi Ntumba was coming from a clinic

More details have emerged on 35-year-old Mthokozisi Ntumba who was killed allegedly by the police on Wednesday during a protest by Wits University students in Braamfontein. It is alleged that Ntumba had just visited a local clinic when police allegedly shot him dead. Two student journalists were also shot and wounded and have been admitted to the Milpark Hospital. Students are demanding that those with historical debt be allowed to […]

11 March 2021

Local

Portfolio committee to summon CPUT council to Parliament

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology's council is expected to be summoned to Parliament after it failed to attend a scheduled meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, it said on Thursday. The committee on Wednesday conducted an oversight visit at CPUT's Bellville campus for an update on registration and operational issues after the introduction of the fee-free policy "among the first poor and deserving admissions". It […]

30 March 2018

News

Fees Commission Report in summary

The Presidency at midday on Monday released the much anticipated Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Feasibility of Making High Education and Training Fee-free in South Africa. While the report disappointed some groups calling for complete free tertiary education it, however, spoke to the need for increased training funding, with particular attention to the Post School Education and Training Sector (PSET) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training […]

13 November 2017

Local

Zuma’s free tertiary education shocker

President Jacob Zuma is planning to make a shock announcement‚ introducing free education across the board through a controversial funding plan that flies in the face of the findings of the Heher Commission‚ government insiders say. The plan‚ apparently devised by Zuma’s future son-in-law‚ Morris Masutha‚ would also defy official ANC policy. It could see the cutting back of departmental budgets across government to make R40 billion available for the […]

7 November 2017

Local

University fees wont be scrapped: report

Universal free tertiary education will not be feasible in the foreseeable future, and different funding models should be adopted to ensure access for all deserving students, according to the Heher commission’s recommendations. The long-awaited 748-page report by the commission of inquiry into higher education and training – which City Press has in its possession – has instead suggested a multipronged and multilayered approach which will take into account South Africa’s […]

29 October 2017

Local

Classes resume at CPUT campuses

All campuses at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology will re-open on Wednesday. Activities were suspended last week following ongoing protests over fees, accommodation and workers' issues. An independent external chairperson had earlier found four students guilty of being involved in campus disruptions. They were expelled but it's been suspended for 12 months. CPUT spokesperson, Lauren Kansley, says they are doing everything possible to ensure the safety of students, staff […]

18 October 2017

News

St Marks Church fire, a symbol of social degradation

The historic St. Marks Anglican Church, lauded as a symbol of standing the test of time against oppressive Apartheid policies, was set alight this week in an incident that has been widely condemned. On Wednesday, vandals petrol-bombed the church, setting a section of the 130-year-old land mark ablaze. The fire, which caused partial damage to the church, is allegedly the work of a student attending the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The student […]

29 September 2017

News

Fasiha Hassan on women’s right and activism

Prominent student activist Fasiha Hassan says Imam Abdullah Haron is testament to the fact that the practise of Islam should not be separate to one’s activism. She was addressing a packed crowd at Solly and Zahrah Noor auditorium at Islamia College last night, for the annual Imam Haron Memorial lecture. The former Imam of Stegman Road Mosque in Claremont died in police detention on 27 September 1969. “One being involved […]

21 September 2017

News

Fasiha Hassan to deliver Imam Haron Lecture tonight

Student activist Fasiha Hassen will deliver the 10th annual Imam Haron Memorial Lecture at the Zohra Noor Auditorium, Islamia College, Imam Haron Rd, Lansdowne tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm. She will be in conversation with Mail & Guardian journalist Raeesa Pather exploring among other things, the impact of the student protests over the past two years, what can be done to fix the education system and role of society in the […]

20 September 2017

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