Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande has called on protesting students not to hold the futures of others to ransom. Nzimande in a statement again condemned the violence at Wits University, saying it is the work of irresponsible and disrespectful students not interested in completing the 2016 academic[…]
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Vice Chancellor Dr Prince Nevhutalu on Friday announced an 8% increase in fees for 2017 for the 10% of students who can afford it. The other 90%, he told an assembly of stakeholders at CPUT’s Bellville campus, are students who either have NSFAS loans[…]
OPINION by Vukile Hlongwa Shutting down the higher learning institutions will have a long negative impact especially to the poor students coming from the rural areas. If you come from a poor background you will agree with me that last year of your degree is the longest year of your study.[…]
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande believes the demands of students have been hijacked by a third force. Nzimande says poor students are plundering universities on behalf of the rich who know that they will send their children abroad as soon as the higher education system collapses. He says ongoing protests[…]
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) students who want academic activities to resume will be staging a silent protest under the banner of #OpenNMMU after the university was shut down indefinitely due to the #FeesMustFall protests sweeping the country. The group, which is being led by students Mathew Mackay and Kevin[…]
The ongoing destruction and intimidation by small groups at universities must stop, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Monday. He warned students that failure to complete the academic year on schedule would mean poverty for many who would not get their degrees. “At some universities there have been attempts[…]
As classes were expected to resume on Tuesday morning, police used stun grenades to disperse a group of students who had gathered near the Wits University’s Great Hall. Two students including one of the Wits student leaders, Busisiwe Seabe, have been arrested. Former Cabinet Minister Tokyo Sexwale has urged the[…]
President Jacob Zuma says he wants to see an urgent solution to the current crisis in higher education. Government and education stakeholders will hold an urgent meeting in Kempton Park, Johannesburg on Monday morning. They will discuss the wave of violent protests in which students are demanding free education. Several[…]
Students from Wits University have now cancelled their march to the National Treasury in Pretoria. They say they need more time to consult SRC’s from other universities. Meanwhile, Wits University says it will know by Sunday whether or not to resume academic activities at the university on Monday. The results[…]
President Jacob Zuma has instructed the justice, crime prevention and security cluster to “deal with the mayhem” that is destroying South African universities, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. Radebe was briefing the media in Parliament following a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday and said Zuma would be[…]
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