Tertiary Education
It’ll be an anxious holiday for thousands of students
In debt, many have not received their results because their fees have not been paid
Video | 15 December 2021
Call for UCT to urgently divest from fossil fuels
Decision to be made at next UCT Council meeting on 4 December
News | 3 December 2021
Stellenbosch University hosts 16km walk to pay off students’ debt
The #Action4Inclusion campaign was started in 2020 and hopes to raise R2 million by Christmas to help those who can’t afford registration, accessing marks and other material
Brief | 29 November 2021
Matriculant petitions for stateless youths to get into universities
She is among many South African-born children with immigrant parents struggling to get identification documents
News | 7 October 2021
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