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South Africa: No Upfront Registration Payment for Qualifying Students
SAnews.gov.za, 20 January 2016
All students who have been offered a placement at a university and who qualify for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) can register without having to make an upfront… Read more »
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South Africa: Wits Management, SRC Strike Deal Over Fees
News24Wire, 19 January 2016
No Wits student will be excluded because they cannot make their first fee payment before enrolment or registration, according to an agreement the university has reached with the… Read more »
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South Africa: The Next Phase in #FeesMustFall - Student Crowdfunding?
Daily Maverick, 21 January 2016
The year 2016 opened to chaos: wildfires, a string of celebrity deaths, drought, political turmoil and - to no one's surprise - renewed student protests. But the latter have… Read more »
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South Africa: #FeesMustFall Cost Institutions R150 Million - Nzimande
News24Wire, 20 January 2016
Last year's #FeesMustFall student protests cost universities R150 million in damages, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Wednesday. Read more »
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South Africa: UCT Staff Get Lower Increases Due to #FeesMustFall
News24Wire, 20 January 2016
University of Cape Town staff have had to renegotiate their salary increases for 2016 following last year's decision not to increase university fees. Read more »
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South Africa: Varsities Spending U.S.$120 000 Per Month On Security Since #FeesMustFall
News24Wire, 18 January 2016
Universities are spending as much as R2m per month on security at campuses since the #FeesMustFall campaign took off in October last year, Gauteng university vice chancellors said… Read more »
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South Africa: What #ZumaMustFall and #FeesMustFall Have in Common and Why It Matters
The Conversation Africa, 17 January 2016
There is a rather one-sided, reductive and commonplace perception that South African President Jacob Zuma is a dangerous man. Included in this is an assertion that the fear of Zuma… Read more »
South African University, Students Strike Deal Over Fees
The University of Witwatersrand has said that it has reached a compromise on several issues with the Student Representative Council following renewed #FeesMustFall protests on 11 January, and dissatisfaction over the use of private security on the campus.
Students protest fee hikes at the Union Buildings in Pretoria (file photo).
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South Africa: Protests Must Fall, Say Three Varsities
News24Wire, 15 January 2016
Three Gauteng universities had secured interdicts by Friday to stop the protests that hampered registration for the 2016 academic year. Read more »
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South Africa: #FeesMustFall - Why a NSFAS Review Is Sensible
The Daily Vox, 14 January 2016
When #FeesMustFall protests first hit South Africa last year, writer MONAKO DIBETLE wasn't convinced they would have much of an effect. But he was proven wrong. He explains why a… Read more »
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South Africa: #FeesMustFall Leaders Present List of Demands
News24Wire, 13 January 2016
We will not stop until the ANC delivers on the promises it made 21 years ago. Read more »
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South Africa: Suspension of Registration At Wits Frustrates Out-of-Town Students
The Daily Vox, 13 January 2016
Wits University suspended face-to-face registration on Tuesday following the return of the #FeesMustFall protests. Prospective and returning students were turned away and… Read more »
InFocus
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In the wake of an increase to tertiary funding, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has reached out to student leaders while President Zuma appointed a team to investigate the ... Read more »
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The national student movement continues its demand for free education and an end to outsourcing of services at institutions. Several perspectives on the protest - including the ... Read more »
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More than 140 people have been detained and appeared before the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court to face charges of public violence. Read more »
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Protesting students at the University of the Western Cape are demanding free education and the clearing of student debt. Read more »
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Most campuses have elected to resume classes, however, some institutions have chosen to remain closed, including the University of Cape Town, the University of Witwatersrand and ... Read more »
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President Jacob Zuma has announced a task team that will look at broader issues raised by the #feesmustfall protest. Read more »
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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 »
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Videos like this one recorded by News24 show protesters sitting down and singing before the police used a water cannon and fired stun grenades into the demonstrator Read more »
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Protesters arrested for demonstrating against an increase in fees at universities have been released with a warning, and will appear in court again in February 2016, as nationwide ... Read more »
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The Council of the University of Witwatersrand has issued proposals on how it plans to address the fee increase challenge. Read more »
