Most local residents know Centenary Park to be a hazardous place to venture, because it is remote and favoured by criminals who lurk in the bushes waiting to prey on people. There have been numerous incidents of robbery there over the…
STATEMENT ISSUED BY RHODES UNIVERSITY Various departments of the University were hard at work over the long weekend in an endeavour to cover accumulated backlogs in critical areas of operation. The backlogs include the registration of…
Shared anxiety and determination united pupils and teachers at a Johannesburg school on Monday‚ the first day of class during the Covid-19 lockdown. “The pupils have been so well-behaved this morning‚ I am proud of them. They have been…
A group of “concerned citizens” has filed an urgent application at the high court in Cape Town challenging the constitutionality of the national coronavirus command council (NCCC) and the validity of the lockdown rules. “Each of us has…
Chaos erupted at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) Westville campus early on Wednesday. Videos of students wearing balaclavas and with T-shirts covering their faces as they faced off with university security personnel circulated on…
Armed with bricks, a group of masked students spent most of Tuesday morning chasing Nelson Mandela University (NMU) students from lectures and setting off fire alarms. Similar scenes played out on Monday evening. Shortly after the…
Students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) have put up shacks on the Bellville campus to highlight problems with accommodation. Last week classes were disrupted at the university’s four campuses as students protested.…
The EFF Student Command (EFFSC) has accused the Durban University of Technology (DUT) of being behind the killing of a student who died after being shot during a violent protest on Tuesday. EFFSC member Mlungisi Madonsela from Jozini in…
“All I want is accommodation, nothing much but a roof over my head.” These words were uttered by a Wits University final-year media studies and politics student participating in a protest on the Johannesburg campus. Maggie Ramoloko,…
A blanket amnesty cannot be granted by President Cyril Ramaphosa but the government will consider a properly motivated application for pardons for convicted #FeesMustFall student activists, the presidency has signalled. Presidency…
Students at the University of the Witwatersrand are voicing their frustration over a perceived lack of support from the institution after a male student committed suicide and a female student was rushed to hospital after attempting to end…
