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South Africa: #FeesMustFall Is a Gift to SA - Pastor
News24Wire, 12 November 2015
The #FeesMustFall student movement was a gift to the country, the Western Cape Religious Leaders Forum chairperson said on Thursday. Read more »
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South Africa: A Clash of Realities - An Outsider's View of the Student Actions
allAfrica, 10 November 2015
Carnegie Corporation works with several South African universities, so the timing of my visit, beginning this last week of October, presented a learning opportunity. My itinerary… Read more »
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South Africa: What We Need to Keep the #feesmustfall Movement Alive
The Daily Vox, 9 November 2015
Movements are sustained upsurges of people against X. The key word here is "sustained". Will there even be a Fees Must Fall movement by February 2016? And what will it take to… Read more »
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South Africa: #FeesMustFall, Higher Education and the Cycle of Poverty
The Daily Vox, 10 November 2015
TARYN COOP, a teacher and Masters student in International and Comparative Education, describes the long journey four of her matric students took to get into university, and the… Read more »
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South Africa: The Role of Court Interdicts in Managing Protests
The Conversation Africa, 9 November 2015
A few days into the protests that swept South Africa's campuses during October, university managers turned to the courts for help. A number of institutions obtained interdicts in… Read more »
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South Africa: Question of Rights Violations Against the #feesmustfall Protesters
The Conversation Africa, 8 November 2015
In the wake of the student protests on South African campuses, universities need to engage in some critical reflection. Did their responses protect the constitutional rights and… Read more »
South Africa: #FeesMustFall Movement Marches On
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 Daily Vox team and Andrea Johnson, program officer at the Carnegie Corporation, plus news coverage chronicling the agreement reached earlier this month to temporarily freeze planned tuition fee raises.
From the gates of Wits to the streets of Braamfontein, from Park Town to Luthuli house, from Solomon Mahlangu House (Senate House) to the Union Buildings. In 10 incredible days, tertiary students across the country launched a dynamic campaign reminiscent of the mass struggles against apartheid. This time their cause was the issue of access to university education (file photo).
University of Western Cape called in private security to protect campus after acts of vandalism and arson. Access was strictly controlled (file photo).
Police stand ready with riot shields in front of protesting University of Cape Town students in the Parliamentary precinct in Cape Town (file photo).
Protesting University of Johannesburg students empty bins during their demonstration (file photo).
University of Cape Town Students watch as protesters march to different parts of the campus during a university shut down (file photo).
Rhodes University students use police tape to mark off the boundary between campus and town during the #RhodesMIPMustFall (file photo).
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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 »
