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South Africa: University Students Prepare March to Parliament Over Fees Commission Report
News24Wire, 25 October 2017
University of Cape Town (UCT) and Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students are set to march to Parliament on Wednesday to demand that President Jacob Zuma release… Read more »
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South Africa: UCT Lectures Disrupted, Students Consider March On Parliament
News24Wire, 24 October 2017
Fire alarms were set off, lectures interrupted and a library evacuated, as an estimated 1 000 University of Cape Town (UCT) students marched on campus on Tuesday afternoon to… Read more »
South African Students Demand Release of Fees Commission Report
Western Cape police have said that officers are prepared to "maintain law and order" during protest action by students from the University of Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology demanding that President Zuma release the Fees Commission report.
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South Africa: SA Students Still Facing a Tough Time - Vice-Chancellor
News24Wire, 24 October 2017
South African students are still having a tough time despite an income increase at higher education institutions, Tshwane University of Technology's (TUT) vice-chancellor has said. Read more »
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South Africa: UCT Students Will Respond 'Decisively' to Proposed Fee Increase
News24Wire, 24 October 2017
University of Cape Town (UCT) students, led by the student representative council (SRC), have met at Jameson Hall to discuss the proposed fee increase for 2018. Read more »
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25 October 2017
The Fees Commission Completes Its Work
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South Africa now has to wait for the president to study the report that looked into the feasibility of free higher education. The Fees Commission was ... see more »
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Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has tabled his maiden Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament, following his appointment to the National Treasury in March this year. ... Read more »
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Violence broke out in Cape Town's CBD after several thousand students marched to Parliament to demand "free decolonised education" when Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered ... Read more »
