Yes, that is a plastic fork stuck into a cushion. Local comedian Simmi Areff popped into an art exhibition on Wednesday and he wasn’t very impressed.
It’s that time of the year over at the University of Cape Town, and the tertiary institution is pulling out all the stops to make sure exams are not disrupted.
Once again, students at UCT have taken to protesting against the annual rise in university fees and are going to extreme lengths to get noticed.
Due to the “unusual term structure this year”, one UCT philosophy lecturer has caused an uproar after deciding to give Daisies fans a break.
Max Price and company have been called out for excessive bonus payouts for 2016, after calls for staff and management to save money with cost-cutting measures.
After allegations were brought forward, a meeting of the council concluded in the suspension of two of UCT’s SRC members. Here are the deets.
There is no love lost between UCT security guards and protesters, and yesterday that was made pretty clear during a violent exchange on campus.
It was a ticking time bomb really, and now videos are emerging of violence on UCT campus today. Police, stun guns, arrests – who would want to be a student?
Max Price has tried to engage with students without success thus far, and things have now gone from bad to worse. Even some UCT academics are angry with him.
The university has taken the decision to suspend all classes, releasing a statement that acknowledges the fact that it won’t be safe on campus if they did so.
It was a night of high tension at UCT, and some students went all out to cause havoc when they hurled petrol bombs at security.
As protests around the country continue to shut down campuses, the future of the academic year hangs by a thread. There could be serious implications.
As part of their coursework UCT sent some of their health science students into Cape Town’s largest township. It didn’t end well.
The removal of UCT’s Cecil John Rhodes statue was seen by many as a victory, but it could find a home somewhere else in the near future.
The survivor of a kidnapping has told of the circumstances that led to her escape after a brutal 24 hour captive period.
The UCT rape suspect has been arrested following a weird chase using the tracking devices in the victims’ cellphones.
UCT’s The Trans Collective took a stand against their own on Tuesday afternoon, demonstrating just how important it is to police the movement you follow.
Awful news filtering through today after it has emerged that another female UCT student has been raped.
You might have heard of the series of rapes and robberies that have happened up at Rhodes Memorial in the last few months – well, this is the current suspect.
There’s a bit of a stink over at UCT, some individuals sullying campus buildings by dumping sewage early this morning.
Rhodes Must Fall has laid charges against Max Price and his cronies as they were responsible for the violent attacks on the students this week.
Amongst the eight student protesters arrested one had a rather high profile father, none other than Eskom’s Brian Molefe.
The Art Times wrote an eulogy-esque write up on the paintings that were burnt by the UCT students on Tuesday. You would think someone had died.
#RhodesMustFall protestors took it a little too far yesterday as they attempted to highlight the lack of accommodation issue at UCT.
If you thought the student protests would die down after receiving a fee cut for 2016, you actually had no idea what they were really about.
Rhodes Memorial is going through an unsafe period so please avoid going up there alone and make sure you got an emergency number on speed dial.
You might have seen yesterday’s strongly worded opinion piece on the issue of rape at UCT. Turns out they weren’t impressed.
UCT is pretty good at protecting rapists within the institution, and now that students have been provided with a voice made clearer than before, room is being made for survivors to speak out.
As the nationwide fee increase has been set to 0% for next year, students continue to protest over other demands unique to their university.
Among the 30 protesters arrested during yesterday’s charge at parliament was the son of Max Price, whose headaches may only be just beginning.