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South Africa: Govt Unsure How to Pay for 0 Percent Fees Increase – Report
News24Wire, 25 October 2015
President Jacob Zuma may have told the country there would be a 0% increase in university fees next year, but Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande does not know how South… Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Halts University Fee Hikes After Mass Protests
Al Jazeera, 24 October 2015
It has already proven to be a hollow victory. Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Bows to Student Pressure
DW, 23 October 2015
South African President Jacob Zuma has said that there will be no increase in university fees for students in 2016. The students had been protesting for more than a week that they… Read more »
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South Africa: Education Minister Nzimande Withheld Report On Free Varsity Education
News24Wire, 23 October 2015
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande withheld for three years a report that found free university education was viable, the Mail & Guardian reported on Friday. Read more »
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South Africa: Will Zuma Still Address the Union Buildings Protesters?
News24Wire, 23 October 2015
There will be a 0% increase in fees for 2016, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. Read more »
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South Africa: Issue of Free Education Will Be Followed Up On - President
News24Wire, 23 October 2015
There will be no increase of fees at universities across the country, President Jacob Zuma announced on Friday, following a week of national protests by students. Read more »
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South Africa: 0% Fee Hike - Students React With Tears and Jubiliation
News24Wire, 23 October 2015
Students have reacted with tears and jubilation as news spread that President Jacob Zuma had agreed to a zero percent increase on student fees. Read more »
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South Africa: Statement by President Jacob Zuma at the Conclusion of Consultation with Representatives of the University Community
SAnews.gov.za, 23 October 2015
Fellow South Africans, Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma Announces 0% University Increase
The Daily Vox, 23 October 2015
15:12, PRETORIA Zuma has spoken, but have students heard? There were no loudspeakers or screens set up for the student, and Zuma didn't come out to address them, so most students… Read more »
Zero Increase in 2016 Fees, Says South African President
President Jacob Zuma has announced a task team that will look at broader issues raised by the #feesmustfall protest.
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Thousands of students are gathering at the Union Buildings in Pretoria to hear from President Jacob Zuma on their demands for the scrapping of fee increases 2016, and ultimately ... Read more »
University of Cape Town (UCT) Students watch as protesters march to different parts of the campus during a university shut down.
