Tertiary Education
Striking UCT staff demand 7% increase
Vice-chancellor agrees to meet with unions within 48 hours
By Liezl Human
News | 26 February 2026
80% of NSFAS students are first years
Many students drop out or find alternative funding
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 13 February 2026
Why is UCT’s Jagger Library still boarded up?
Future of the building, gutted by fire almost five years ago, is still being discussed
News | 26 January 2026
Professor faces corruption and fraud charges
National University of Lesotho professor Mosotho George secured M129,000 in public funding for a company he owned
Brief | 21 January 2026
MPs call for heads to roll at Fort Hare
Vice Chancellor Sakhele Buhlungu has not properly explained why a man facing corruption allegations was promoted
By Johnnie Isaac and Raymond Joseph
News | 21 October 2025
Agreement reached at University of Free State after week of protests
Provisional registration to be phased out over two years
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 20 October 2025
Fort Hare paid R17-million for work that was never done, investigation finds
ICT department staff and service providers implicated in alleged multimillion-rand scam
By Raymond Joseph and Johnnie Isaac
News | 17 October 2025
Buildings torched during University of the Free State protests
Students angry at changes to registration system
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 14 October 2025
Historic Fort Hare buildings torched during student protests
They are demanding the immediate resignation of Vice Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu
Brief | 10 October 2025