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SASCO wants NSFAS payments to be handled by universities

South African Students Congress (SASCO) has called for the cancellation of the National Student Financial Scheme (NSFAS) direct payment system, which was introduced in 2022, involving four companies facilitating the payment of student allowances. It says the payment of allowances to students should be managed by NSFAS internally without a third party being involved. Several students in various institutions of Higher Education across the country marched to the High Education […]

13 April 2024

International

Palestine at the centre of free speech battle on US campuses, academics say

Methods used to blacklist pro-Palestinian academics are now being deployed against students and academics in other fields, experts say. As issues of academic freedom and censorship continue to dominate conversations in universities across the US, academics say that many of these issues - as well as the methods of censorship - can be linked back to speech over Palestine. Dima Khalidi, executive director of Palestine Legal, said that academics have […]

26 August 2023

Local

Universities given February deadline to complete 2020 academic year

Universities in SA have been given until February to complete the 2020 academic year with the 2021 calendar set to start between March and April. Higher education & training minister Blade Nzimande made the announcement on Wednesday during his update on Covid-19 alert level 2 measures in the post-school education and training sector. He said institutions have reported different levels of responsiveness in terms of their progress in completing the […]

27 August 2020

Local

Security to be tightened at universities amid registrations

Security is expected to be tightened at some institutions of higher learning where the registration process will start this week. Senior police officers will also meet today to discuss the issue of security at tertiaries. Meanwhile, the EFF Student Command says it stands by its call on prospective students who have not registered to report to universities on Monday morning. This is despite the warning by the majority of universities […]

8 January 2018

Local

No cause for panic over tertiary registration: government

Higher Education Deputy Minister Buti Manamela said there won't be any mayhem at tertiary institutions when registration opens. He was speaking after the announcement of the matric results in Johannesburg. President Jacob Zuma promised free education for most South African students. But only those who have applied online and have received a firm offer from tertiary institutions will be eligible. "What we want to assure all students is that there's […]

5 January 2018

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

News

University study to probe child killings in WCape

Premier Helen Zille has decided that a university-led study will probe the spate of child murders in the Western Cape. Zille met with child protection NGOs and the Human Rights Commission to discuss the way forward regarding child murders in the province. Close to 40 children have been murdered in the Western Cape since January. In addition to child protection NGOs, the meeting also attended by the Chief Magistrate for […]

22 September 2017

Local

NSFAS to announce decision on 2017 applicants

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will on Thursday brief media on the outcomes of its applications for funding. Applications closed on November 30. The process which students who received funding would need to follow next year would also be outlined, the NSFAS said in a statement. Higher Education Deputy Minister Mduduzi Manana said on November 16 that not enough prospective students were applying for funding, which was worrying. […]

15 December 2016

News

Student perspectives on protests, free education and the urgency of decolonisation

The following khutbah was delivered by UCT economics student Ihsaan Bassier at Claremont Main Road masjid on Friday and is a response to the debate around free, decolonised education Repected Jamaah, shukran for letting me speak. I love this masjid because it is unapologetically political. We recognise that we are part of a system with structural injustice. We ask uncomfortable questions, of Islam, of ourselves, of society. Gender, sexuality, xenophobia. We strive to centre […]

28 October 2016

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