Tertiary Education
Sefako Makgatho University workers end three-week strike
Workers agree to 4.5% wage increase
Brief | 27 May 2021
UCT fire: students tell how they grabbed textbooks and laptops and fled
“Some people didn’t have shoes on, others ran out in pyjamas”
By Liezl Human and Marecia Damons
News | 21 April 2021
Students unable to pay rent sleep outside college gates
“Getting education in this country is still a challenge and it won’t be better anytime soon”
Brief | 14 April 2021
Cape campus shut down for three weeks over NSFAS payments
Some students started returning to classes on Monday
Brief | 29 March 2021
Northlink students picket for NSFAS payments
Protesters regroup after police disperse them
Brief | 26 March 2021
Rhodes University campus shut all week by students
Online teaching has continued
News | 19 March 2021
Students barricade universities in Johannesburg and Gqeberha
Protests against debt escalate
By Julia Evans and Joseph Chirume
News | 15 March 2021
Northlink students threaten to shutdown campuses
The college has promised to meet with student leaders on Wednesday to discuss their grievances
Brief | 12 March 2021
UCT students start occupation to protest financial exclusion
The university says there are over 1,600 students with debt, amounting to R88 million
News | 12 March 2021