Sometimes you want to watch TV that serves as an escape to another universe, but a well-made documentary can be just as riveting.
In 2015, #FeesMustFall formed to protest fee hikes and institutionalised racism at SA universities. Three years later, and the costs are still mounting.
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.
Yesterday saw JZ release the long-awaited Heher Commission report, packed full of recommendations. Not that those mean much to dearest Jacob.
Eskom is broken. National Treasury shocker. Zuma spy infiltrated Fees Must Fall. More George Bush Snr. groping allegations. SA’s best second hand cars. Scrabble world champ cheated. Italy miss out on World Cup. Russian Daredevil dies in Himalayan base jumping accident. Lord of the Rings TV show. T Swift’s record breaking album.
Go ahead guess what you think it’ll cost, and then go ahead and double that. That’s basically what you’re looking at if you head off to further your education.
There’s a video coming out of Stellies posted yesterday, that shows a group of students chanting the controversial ‘Kill the Boer’. So what do you guys think?
If you want to set tongues wagging, write an opinion piece like this one we came across earlier. So does he have a point, or is it just another privileged whinge?
There is no love lost between UCT security guards and protesters, and yesterday that was made pretty clear during a violent exchange on campus.
Standing in solidarity with the South African #FeesMustFall movement, a group of students and lecturers in New York delivered a letter to the ambassador. Read it here
As the discussion of what to do with the #FeesMustFall movement moves to parliament, party representatives give their opinion. Meh.
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.
Yesterday was a sobering reminder of just how much anger exists between police and protesters, and Max du Preez believes we’re at a seminal moment in our history.
Just when it seemed today’s campuses might avoid an escalation in tension, three separate universities are reporting chaos. This video from Wits is pretty full on too.
The violence we’ve seen during the Fees Must Fall protests this time around is a little more heavy that what we saw last year. The police are in the thick of it all.
There’s massive uncertainty when it comes to the future of South African universities, and the only way to deal with it is for the guys at the top to play ball.
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.
We’ve already seen the tragic loss of one life during this year’s unrest on campus, and now there are fears at Wits that something sinister might be in the pipeline.
If ever you wanted proof that our campuses are divided then here it is, students marching against the campus shutdown at Wits taking an earful along the way.
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.
Student protests have seen major criticism from many sides, but that doesn’t mean what they are asking for is wrong. Here’s what’s been happening so far today.
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.
The student protests around the country have proved very divisive, which might be why so many people are talking up this professor’s views on the matter.
With each day of violent clashes on campuses across the country the cost of property damage rises, and the latest stats show the students aren’t messing about.
Renowned political analyst Justice Malala has penned a stinging piece on how the #FeesMustFall movement is unravelling. Certainly worth a read, me thinks.
The 2016 version promises to be as feisty as last year’s, and nothing worth talking about escapes the attention of Zapiro these days.
Ready yourself South Africa, the #FessMustFall movement isn’t going down without a fight and this time they really mean business.
Today saw Blade Nzimande announce a maximum fee increase of 8% for 2017, but that hasn’t come close to appeasing students at Wits or UCT.
Wits University has once again been disrupted, some claiming that the EFF and other political parties are behind the protests.