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South Africa: Annual Student Fee Protests are Like a Soap Opera - Education Minister
Daily Maverick, 23 March 2021
Lasting solutions for the ongoing student protests need to be found, Parliament heard on Tuesday. This comes as student protests continue for a second week with no clear end in… Read more »
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South Africa: Rhodes University Campus Shut All Week By Students
GroundUp, 19 March 2021
Students have blocked all entrances to Rhodes University campus turning away staff and workers. Read more »
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South Africa: Wits SRC Wants Parliament to Call Police to Order
Daily Maverick, 18 March 2021
The Student Representative Council of Wits University wants Parliament to intervene in student leadership 'victimisation' by the university and to call for a meeting with the… Read more »
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South Africa: An Urgent Review of Student Funding Is Needed
Daily Maverick, 17 March 2021
Jacob Zuma has left the country with a prickly problem. His Cabinet accepted his wilful decree of free higher education without objecting. But the National Student Financial Aid… Read more »
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South Africa: Explainer - the University Debt and Students' Protest Trap
Daily Maverick, 16 March 2021
Every year, students who deserve to study at university but can't afford it are excluded. Youth movements protest, universities and the state make stop-gap concessions and the… Read more »