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South Africa: Hear Our Pleas, and the Pleas of Our Struggling Parents, Dr Nzimande!
News24Wire, 20 October 2015
A Rhodes University student put pen to paper about the plight facing students - and parents - with the looming fees bill at tertiary institutions. Read the open letter, addressed… Read more »
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South Africa: Maine Reducing Student Struggles to 'Cheap Politicking' - YCL
News24Wire, 20 October 2015
ANC Youth League president Collen Maine is reducing student struggles into "personal and cheap politicking", the Young Communist League of SA said on Tuesday. Read more »
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South Africa: We'll Shut Down All Institutions of Higher Learning - Sasco
News24Wire, 20 October 2015
Student leaders vowed to completely shut down all institutions of higher learning in the country on Wednesday. Read more »
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South Africa: Over 60 Percent of Students Think Tertiary Fees Too High
News24Wire, 20 October 2015
Something needs to be done to bring down the cost of tertiary education in South Africa, Motshabi Nomvethe, product specialist at PPS said on Tuesday. Read more »
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South Africa: Student Protests Engulf SA
News24Wire, 20 October 2015
As Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande meets with vice-chancellors on Tuesday, students from more institutions have joined in nationwide protests over fee… Read more »
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South Africa: Rhodes University Students Join #FeesMustFall Protests
The Daily Vox, 19 October 2015
The university currently known as Rhodes was been brought to a complete halt on Monday morning, following student protests on campus. All academic activity has been stopped and… Read more »
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South Africa: Student Protests Are 'Legitimate' - ANC
News24Wire, 19 October 2015
The ANC says the current student protests at several of the country's universities over fee hikes are "legitimate". Read more »
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South Africa: #FeesMust Fall - Rhodes Students Join Forces With Eastcape Midlands FET Students
The Daily Vox, 19 October 2015
Protesters at Rhodes University have now joined students at Eastcape Midlands College, an FET college in Grahamstown, who have been on strike for the last five weeks over… Read more »
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South Africa: Police Fire Rubber Bullets At Rhodes Protesters
News24Wire, 19 October 2015
Police fired rubber bullets at a crowd of protesters on Monday afternoon, when students from Rhodes University went to support their peers at the Eastern Cape Midlands College, the… Read more »
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South Africa: Rhodes Strike - 'Don't Tell the Whites'
News24Wire, 19 October 2015
The Rhodes University Student Representative Council (SRC) has condemned a voice note which cautions strikers to exclude white students because they "cannot be trusted". Read more »
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South Africa: Rhodes University Payment Talks Fail
News24Wire, 19 October 2015
Protesting students at Rhodes University abandoned talks with vice chancellor Sizwe Mabizela late on Monday morning after no agreement was reached on a decrease in students'… Read more »
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South Africa: Students Denied a Better Future and Nzimande's Solution - Another Talk Shop
DA, 19 October 2015
The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande, has yet again failed to act decisively to deal with the funding crisis at universities. It has now taken the closure… Read more »