The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will start rolling out a new application system for students next month – a move which is set to speed up the allocation of funds and help ensure that money set aside for bursaries does not go unspent. The new student-centred model will[…]
Although we are free, many people – like my grandmother – are not educated. There are shortages of skills that are required in the job market and many people cannot meet those requirements. Take for example my cousin, Sipho. He passed Grade 12 in 2012 and it is difficult for[…]
#FeesMustFall supporters have criticised the president of the Wits University Students’ Representative Council, Nompendulo Mkatshwa, for speaking on behalf of the movement. An interview with Mkatshwa was broadcast on eNCA’s current affairs show Checkpoint on Tuesday. Mkatshwa was asked for her thoughts on #FeesMustFall, about criticism of her and about[…]
Making tertiary education free would reduce the quality of education and graduates, Allan Gray Orbis Foundation CEO, Anthony Farr, said on Tuesday. “Ultimately if fees are free it has an impact of reducing the quantity that we need and ultimately, I would argue, it would reduce the quality,” he said.[…]
A small group of Wits University students disrupted a media briefing called by Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande and Police Minister Nathi Nhleko on Monday, chanting “Blade Must Fall”. The small group were angered when Nzimande requested that only journalists ask him questions. Reacting to Nzimande’s request, one student in[…]
The Department of Higher Education and Training has called for “decisive action” to tackle unrest at state universities and has warned that it will not tolerate the “destruction of property and threat to lives” during protests. In a strongly worded statement on Wednesday, the department urged management at troubled state[…]
For a second day in a row, a group of students of all races at the University of Pretoria raised their hands in prayer on Wednesday morning and called on God to bring an end to ongoing protests on campus. “We are seeking the face of God for him to[…]
Recent social media posts in which individuals openly express their feelings toward another race has spurred government on in resolving suppressed interracial conflict. The matter appears to be spiralling out of control as more people consume themselves in conversation on the topic. As a means to seek mechanisms to resolve[…]
“Rhodes Must Fall protesters have lost legitimacy for their cause, in the eyes of their fellow students.” This was the opinion of one University of Cape Town student, following a night of mayhem which saw students vandalizing university property and riot police firing stun grenades. Speaking to VOC on Wednesday[…]
UCT students, frustrated with the housing crisis and other challenges, set paintings and a plaque from the Smuts Hall residence alight at the foot of Jameson stairs on Tuesday. Earlier, students raided the dining hall at Fuller residence, and stripped the hall of its decor and paintings. The paintings were[…]
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