Rhodes University needs more black and women professors.

THE new chairman of the Rhodes University council yesterday urged the institution not to be distracted by calls to change its name. He said the university should rather focus on pressing challenges like sustainability.

Rhodes University Academic Freedom Committee will host a discussion on Academic Freedom and The Student Experience at Rhodes University

Language is one of the pivotal tools to effect transformation at a university like Rhodes

RHODES University vice-chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela has outlined strategies to build the university as an outstanding institution of higher learning and academic excellence.

Being at ‘Home’ stimulates careful conversation about some of the most pressing issues facing higher education institutions in South Africa today – race, transformation and institutional culture.

The last week witnessed the inauguration of the Rhodes University Disability Week. The Disability Committee, through the Office of Equity and Institutional Culture, convened a number of events and activities that were designed not only to

Clarification with regard to the awarding of supplementary and aegrotat examinations for the November 2015 examination period. These examinations will take place over 10 days from the 25th January - 5th February 2016. In a university circular it was noted that "In acknowledgement that the disruption has impacted on study time, supplementary examinations will be available for all courses on application", that "No supplementary examination fee will be levied", and that "Results of the supplementary examination will be awarded in percentages and not with Pass or Fail symbols".

Members of the University have indicated in various forums and in various ways that there is a need for spaces for conversations about the transformation of Rhodes University to be created. They have indicated that the conversations that have to be held in these spaces in 2015 have to be substantially different in purpose and outcomes from the transformation conversations that have been held in the past.

The Art and Social Justice/Social Cohesion Project places the role of art and visuality at the centre of a series of conversations about conditions of abjection and conflict that mark the post-apartheid. It is a response to two provocations: the “Reitz incident” that took place at the University of the Free State in 2008 which

BLOEMFONTEIN – The University of the Free State (UFS) says it will make a decision this afternoon on whether the academic program needs to remain suspended for the rest of the week following two days of violence at the campus.

University of Pretoria (UP) students have launched a #ColourBlind campaign against racist violence on campus.

“Students will be given at least a month’s notice of the re-opening” of the NWU Mafikeng Campus‚ the institution said‚ after it advised students “to leave the campus immediately for their own safety”

A small group of students this evening gathered at the Drostdy Lawns to plan a way forward in regards to protest action.

BRAAMFONTEIN – A private security guard hired by Wits University is alleged to have sexually harassed a female student.

THIS piece was originally written in Afrikaans. This is important not only to make clear who my target audience is, but also to show that I am proud of my language and the culture I associate it with.

Wits SRC President, Nompendulo Mkatshwa, and her treasurer-general are touring tertiary institutions in Canada in a bid to raise funds for #FeesMustFall movement.

HIGHER Education Minister Blade Nzimande is to hold an urgent meeting with the vice-chancellor of the University of Pretoria and then with student leaders and AfriForum on Sunday to discuss racial tensions that have come to a head in violent protests

THE student arm of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Sunday walked out of crisis talks with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande and University of Pretoria management following a week punctuated by racially charged violence.

Management at North West University says it is still uncertain about the academic future of registered students after the destructive protests.

The Universities of Pretoria and the Free State are adamant that classes will resume on Monday after a week of violent protests.

This is a statement from a concerned group of staff members at the university currently known as Rhodes against the methods utilised by the South African Police Service in their attempts to deal with student movements in higher education institutions today.

CAPE TOWN – The University of Cape Town (UCT) says it's devastated to learn of yet another attack and rape of a student near the Rhodes Memorial.

In the wake of continued student and staff unrest on several university campuses, Higher Education and Training minister Blade Nzimande said institutional forums should find a consensus on matters relating to transformation.

University protest actions of 2015 and this year have raised some fundamental questions about transformation at South African universities, says Rhodes University Vice Chancellor, Dr Sizwe Mabizela.

CAPE TOWN – Free State University Rector Jonathan Jansen, said three independent investigations are underway into violent demonstrations that marred the institution’s campus last month.

JOHANNESBURG - The National Press Club has named the Fees Must Fall movement as the Newsmaker of the Year for 2015.

F A university rugby match degenerated into on-field brawls between black and white students. White Afrikaans-speaking students and black students traded blows over the University of Pretoria’s language policy.

STELLENBOSCH University’s failure to oppose a court application to give Afrikaans equal status will continue to put black students at a disadvantage, lobby group Open Stellenbosch said on Monday.

African scholarship on Africa is operating at only a fraction of its true potential. It is hampered by the preferences, policies and politics of the Western academy. There are three reasons for my assertion.

The university's council unanimously decided to adopt English as the main language of instruction across its campuses.

STELLENBOSCH University says its push to give English and Afrikaans equal status has added pressure on its academic staff, as extra teaching will be required to maintain the Afrikaans offering.

North-West University’s (NWU) vice-chancellor Professor Dan Kgwadi has warned students who plan to disrupt the academic programme during the reopening of its Mahikeng campus that the facility could close for the whole semester.

Higher education institutions remain stubbornly resistant to gender transformation, with their top management male dominated and women perceived as "unproductive" or "not worthy" of senior positions.

LAST year was a watershed year in the higher education sector, as students at most South African universities protested under the #FeesMustFall banner. Some were calling for free tertiary education.

JOHANNESBURG - Students at the North West University’s Mafikeng campus are moving back to the residences as the tertiary institution prepares to resume classes tomorrow, five weeks after closing its doors due to violent protests.

Founder of Africa's biggest relief organisation Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, will be among those feted in Grahamstown during Rhodes University's graduation ceremonies this week.

One of the Bills before the National Assembly in the next term of Parliament is the Higher Education Amendment Bill. The aim is to set transformation goals for tertiary institutions.

Charges against 29 University of Cape Town students who were arrested for protesting outside Parliament in 2015 have been dropped.

STELLENBOSCH University (SU) says a task team set up to investigate gender violence on the campus will in all probability need to focus on certain traditions and practices in male residences.

A clash between private and striking campus security guards broke out at the Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha on Wednesday, resulting in several injuries.

THE University of Cape Town (UCT) has called on staff‚ students and alumni to suggest new names for landmark buildings and spaces on its campuses.

Education can and should change people’s lives. Education systems ought to operate with the public good in mind.

As one of the country’s top universities bestows an honour on Cape Town poet James Matthews, he has criticised several institutions for failing to include his anti-apartheid writing in their curriculum.

Physically disabled Rhodes University graduate Thembelihle Ngcai won the admiration and awe of a packed auditorium at a weekend graduation when she resolutely attempted to walk across the stage to be capped.

A clash between #FeesMustFall (FMF) and activist women on the campus of the University of the Witwatersrand highlights an increasingly strident campaign against student leaders accused of being patriarchal and homophobic.

On 11th April 2016 an awareness campaign consisting of posters relating to rape culture was launched.

PRESUMED Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia is a volume of essays published last year by US women academics, highlighting their experiences at universities.

The commission said in a statement on Friday that it has to complete its work within eight months from January 22‚ the date of publication of it’s terms of reference. Its final report is due two months after this.

A list of the names of alleged rapists on campus has been published.

STUDENTS adamant that dismissed outsourced workers be reinstated at Stellenbosch University (SU), highlighted the plight of 150 former employees yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG – The University of the Free State (UFS) has announced that Vice Chancellor and Rector Jonathan Jansen will step down from his position in August this year.

The continued presence of private security guards on campuses led to renewed tensions and some protest action this week.

DOZENS of Rhodes University academics and other staff are opposing an interim high court interdict prohibiting protesters on campus from unlawful activities such as kidnapping, assault and intimidation.

Cape Town – All Stellenbosch University students would be accommodated by the institution’s revised language policies, it said on Sunday.

Agreement Baloyi, from Tzaneen in Limpopo, dropped out of Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) in 2014 because of outstanding debt and has never gone back to varsity.

Rhodes University has experienced a great number of protests since the beginning of last year, the first year that the university has had an African vice-chancellor at the helm.

Sexual harassment is ubiquitous in higher education institutions around the world, and a large body of research suggests that women are its main victims.

A press conference hosted by members of the Sexual Violence Task Team at Rhodes University was held on Wednesday, 18 May, at the Eden Grove building on Rhodes campus.

In April 2015 a statue of colonialist Cecil John Rhodes was removed from the University of Cape Town’s campus in South Africa.

Nsfas’ spokesperson has appealed to beneficiaries who are earning money to start paying their debts, as more cash is required to fund other students.

Academic experts say the country needs a minister of higher education who will communicate rationally with students about a way forward.

Celebrated Ghanaian writer and academic Ama Ata Aidoo has no time for “Afropolitans”.

Port Elizabeth – A group of NMMU students started a peaceful protest on Monday to demand that those unable to pay fees could access their results.

The South African Union of Students could start protesting against possible fee increases at universities as soon as Monday.

The ANC has called on the government to hold off on increasing student fees for the 2017 academic year until all parties have found an economically viable solution.

JOHANNESBURG - Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande seems to be stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The Higher Education Department says there’s been no pronouncement on university fees for 2017 and it’s still engaging with stakeholders before making recommendations on the feasibility of free education in South Africa.

Government and the private sector should come up with a comprehensive plan to solve the problem of rising university fees‚ or face the consequences of further disruptive protests from students during the remainder of the year.

On Monday 8 August, students of the University Currently Known as Rhodes (UCKAR) interrupted a seminar held by Higher Education AIDS (Heaids) in the Barratt 1 lecture venue.

The National Teachers’ Union (Natu) is demanding that teachers’ children receive free varsity education.

Durban - In a bid to end the student protests that have rocked the University of KwaZulu-Natal, management has invited five students to present their grievances before its council next Monday.

Bloemfontein - The High Court in Bloemfontein has granted the University of the Free State (UFS) leave to appeal its ruling in favour of civil rights group AfriForum's bid to stop a proposed change to the university's language policy.

JOHANNESBURG - The Higher Education Department says it has more than R4 billion which still needs to be allocated to students

If you want to learn about Africa, there’s no need to go to Algeria, Mali, Zambia or anywhere else on the continent.

COLLEGES are facing acute funding, human resources and infrastructure problems that are threatening their viability.

In an unexpected turn of events during the Helen Joseph Memorial Lecture, a University of Johannesburg student criticised the lecture delivered by Professor Njabulo Ndebele.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has approached companies that employ its debtors in an effort to recover the billions in outstanding student loans.

The idea of “education for the masses” – rapidly increasing university enrolment rates – has changed the face of higher education in the past 50 years. The term “massification” has been adopted to describe it.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) will remain open on Monday and staff have been requested to attend work‚ but “classes‚ lectures and tests” have been suspended.

“Our stance is clear. We hope that Blade will not waste our time.”

Protesting students for weeks embarked on protests demanding that their SRC sit on the university’s executive council.

CAPE TOWN – Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is today expected to announce by how much university fees will be hiked for the 2017 academic year.

University fees are set to rise by 8% for the 2017 academic year but a proposed new funding model from the department of higher education could see 70% of undergraduate students exempted from this.

Wits SRC rejects fee increase, while UCT SRC describes approach to households below R600k as a "positive step"

JOHANNESBURG – Students at various campuses are deciding on the way forward following government's recommendations for fee increases for 2017.

Fees Must Fall protest action began to gain momentum at the University Currently Known as Rhodes (UCKAR) on Tuesday 20 September as a group of students mobilised and interrupted lectures, culminating in a mass student body meeting which was called by the Student Representative Council.

Johannesburg - The University of the Witwatersrand has suspended all academic activity for the rest of the week, it announced in a statement on Tuesday night.

All academic activities have been suspended for the day at Rhodes University. University Vice Chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela made the decision on Wednesday after students moved through the campus disrupting lectures and barricading buildings.

Bloemfontein - A group of University of the Free State students on Wednesday marched to Motheo FET College in Bloemfontein to ask students there to join their fees protest.

Eight Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) students have been arrested in Port Elizabeth.

Parents need to play a bigger role in debates over university fees, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Wednesday.

Tshwane - The commission of inquiry into higher education fees, established by President Jacob Zuma, has its sights in finding a long term solution, not the current turbulence rocking in the sector, Judge Jonathan Arthur Heher said on Wednesday.

If ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe was higher education minister, he would close universities for a prolonged period to teach protesting students a lesson.

The protest at the university’s Alice campus were said to be over safety concerns at the campus.

Johannesburg - A cleaner at Wits University died on Tuesday following an asthma attack when students released a fire extinguisher in Jubilee Hall, the institution's spokesperson Shirona Patel confirmed.

JOHANNESBURG — Hundreds of students at universities across South Africa have blockaded roads and clashed with police this week, protesting for the right to free education and against deeper inequities in a year-long movement that has come to be known as #FeesMustFall.

CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG – University of Cape Town (UCT) vice-chancellor Dr Max Price says if student protests persist, the rest of the academic year will be at serious risk.

Pietermaritzburg – The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) says acts of arson at the Pietermaritzburg campus are "appalling".

JOHANNESBURG - Management at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) says that academic activities at the institution will continue despite ongoing protests for free education.

Rhodes University will close and send its students home if ongoing fee protests hamper the resumption of normal activities this week, Rhodes vice-chancellor Dr Sizwe Mabizela warned yesterday.

Vice-chancellor gives forthright views on the student protests, a poll on whether Wits should resume lectures, and the consequences of a shutdown

Durban - Protesting students threw faeces at a test venue at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) Pietermaritzburg campus, disturbing the proceedings on Monday.

JOHANNESBURG – Amid calls for free education from protesting students nationwide, some students at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) say they would like schooling to continue as normal.

Port Elizabeth - Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) has warned that a further two-week shutdown of the institution will have an irrevocable impact on the 2016 academic calendar.

The University of Limpopo's Mankweng campus remained shut down on Tuesday as students participated in #FeeMustFall demonstrations which have swept varsities across the country.

The University of the Witwatersrand’s (Wits) poll which offers students and staff a chance to “have a say on whether you want the academic programme to continue” next week opened on Thursday.

The University of Fort Hare today called on all “law-abiding students” to go back to class on Wednesday.

Polokwane - Dozens of University of Limpopo students who were kicked out remained stranded at the campus entrance and local shopping complex in the pouring rain on Wednesday afternoon.

Another meeting between the concerned representative constituencies took place at Rhodes University’s Eden Grove building at noon on Tuesday the 27 September, regarding the #FeesMustFall protests and free education discussions.

UCT management on Wednesday pleaded with protesting students to stop their disruptions at campuses, and a student leader said they wanted normality too, on condition the university withdraws charges against several of its students.

CAPE TOWN – Protesting Rhodes University students have vowed to continue with the disruption of classes after what they label violent police intervention on campus yesterday.

The institution has been hit by fees protests since last week which saw lectures being disrupted.

Rhodes management says a fire was started at a basement entrance of the main administration building.

This is a warning issued following a day of protests where 6 people were arrested for disrupting classes.

Johannesburg - Wits University management said on Monday if protest action continued, this year’s academic programme could be shut down.

South Africa has enough money to offer free higher education for all but the country has failed to match its vision with resources and instead prioritised corruption.

At approximately 02h00 on Wednesday 5 October, student protesters mobilised to upper campus residences of the University Currently Known as Rhodes (UCKAR).

Two groups of protesters faced off today at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University over whether or not the university should re-open.

Activist Athabile Nonxuba has warned they cannot guarantee further demonstrations will remain peaceful.

UWC management has advised staff to report to line managers regarding plans to continue operations.

Durban - The University of KwaZulu Natal’s damages bill from the latest protest action is estimated by insurers at R60 million.

Grahamstown – Rhodes University on Wednesday condemned the dumping of medical waste during student protests against tertiary education fees.

University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor Adam Habib said he was hopeful that Friday’s general assembly would present a “university pledge to the world” that has a “buy-in from all stakeholders”.

Incoming SRC president Kefentse Mkhari says they hope the university will join their fight today.

Rhodes University #FeesMustFall protesters and support staff are meeting on campus this morning to discuss Sasco calls for a shutdown of universities.

Stun grenades‚ rubber bullets and tear gas were used to quell protests on the Rhodes University campus overnight‚ the university confirmed on Tuesday.

Another student was arrested at Rhodes University on Tuesday afternoon as the fees protests continued nationwide.

Eastern Cape universities were balanced on a knife-edge yesterday as #FeesMustFall protests erupted and students clashed with riot police.

With tension building again at Rhodes University late last night, Tuesday 18 October, the Grahamstown campus looked set for more conflict between police and protesters.

Johannesburg - Wits University retreated from what appeared to be the brink of a complete meltdown on Wednesday night, as the fees increase impasse reached a tipping point.

Cape Town - In light of the ongoing unrest, the University of the Western Cape (UWC) has opted to suspend face-to-face classes, with students given the choice of writing their main examinations next month, or in January.

Police accused of firing rubber bullets from close range when her back was turned to them

The University of Cape Town has suspended undergraduate classes in years one to three at the Faculty of Health Sciences for the remainder of the year‚ following ongoing and widespread disruptions over the past three days.

Cape Town – The terms of the final interdict granted against five people involved in UCT’s “Shackville” protest were too broad, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruled on Thursday.

UCT student Leader Sinawo Thambo says students will be meeting tonight to decide their next move.

Cape Town - #FeesMustFall protesters arrested for alleged public violence at the University of the Western Cape could be set free from Pollsmoor prison earlier than expected.

What appeared to be an arson attempt at Rhodes University left the back door of a major exam venue damaged and charred and around 30 windows surrounding the library quad and of offices adjoining the exam venue were smashed in stone-throwing inciidents at the Grahamstown campus on Saturday 22 October.

Johannesburg - Although protests continued, curfew times will be relaxed given the incident-free weekend, University of the Witwatersrand spokeswoman Shirona Patel said on Monday

Durban - Two University of KwaZulu-Natal lecturers were arrested at the Pietermaritzburg campus just after 11am on Monday morning then released.

On Monday Wits University students with disabilities participated in a protest march from the David Webster residency to the Great Hall. The march was escorted by campus security and proceeded peacefully and without incident.

Academic staff were surprised to be not only caught in the crossfire, but to be among those in the line of fire, as public order police patrolled the Rhodes University campus on the afternoon of Tuesday 25 October 2016, using rubber bullets and teargas to disperse groups.

Cape Town - Rubber bullets and teargas have reportedly been fired at Rhodes University after protests in Grahamstown on Tuesday.

Eastern Cape - Fires at two exam venues and the tennis club at Rhodes University have been extinguished following an afternoon of violence at the Grahamstown institution on Wednesday.

CAPE TOWN - Rhodes University says security has been beefed-up today, following the torching of the tennis clubhouse.

Rhodes University students have drawn up a petition campaigning students to choose the option of writing their exams in January. The students had earlier today resolved to draw up the petition after meeting with their lawyer Basil Williams.

CAPE TOWN - Four Rhodes University students charged with damaging public property have been granted bail.

JOHANNESBURG - Protesting Wits University students are having a mass meeting this afternoon to discuss to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's announcement on Fees Must Fall(FMF), during his mini budget, and to also discuss their plan of action for this week.

Violence erupted at the University of Pretoria on Monday morning after a night vigil was held at the campus on Sunday.

Students from the University of Witwatersrand with the assistance of the Socio-Economics Rights Institute (SERI) have applied for an interdict in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to prevent the university from commencing with its end of year examinations this Thursday‚ asking for a postponement of at least two weeks.

A Treasury study of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS)‚ released this week‚ contains "disturbing" findings on the drop-out and failure rates of students doing degrees on NSFAS grants.

There is a debate unfolding around the world about what universities teach and whether their curricula are relevant to today’s students. In South Africa, students have been extremely vocal in their calls to transform and decolonise the curriculum. But what does this mean? What sort of work will it require? The Conversation Africa’s education editor Natasha Joseph asked educationists Professor Yusuf Sayed and Orla Quinlan to explain.

It’s no surprise that student movements are shutting down university campuses all over South Africa. More than two decades have passed since the advent of democracy and change in higher education appears to be stuttering.

Police have now left the Steve Bantu Biko Building on Rhodes Campus after being called in on Sunday night.

Cape Town - Scores of disgruntled Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) students have been protesting at colleges across the country this week.

Over the past two years, universities have become increasingly contested spaces. Student movements have rejected the status quo and are working to reorder not only the principles that govern universities, but ultimately the principles that govern the country.

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma has signed the Higher Education Amendment Act, which gives Minister Blade Nzimande greater powers to intervene in university matters and furthers the government's higher education transformation plans.

Pretoria - The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has given R1.3bn to 26 universities to cover the registration fees of students who need financial assistance.

The academic programme at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Pretoria campus has been suspended following violent protest action that erupted on Tuesday night.

Johannesburg - The newly formed National Education Crisis Forum is planning to host a national convention involving all interested parties next month to discuss the country’s higher education funding conundrum.

TUT has extended registration to accommodate students who could not register last week due to protests on campus, a spokesperson said on Monday.

Institutions of higher learning are not well-capacitated to deal with issues of gender-based violence.

Five young people who are struggling to pay their university fees while the education authorities and government wrangle over the nuts and bolts of free or cheaper tertiary education.

When 24-year-old Nathi Dwayi was accepted to study law at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), he knew what he wanted to do with his education – contribute to the fight for social justice.

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has invested about R175.6 million to ensure that students and staff with disabilities have improved access to university facilities.

MINISTER of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Blade Nzimande has reiterated government’s commitment to finding long-term solutions to the education crisis that has gripped South Africa.

University of SA says the appointment of the former president is in line with the institution’s vision and mission

The Department of Higher Education and Training has reiterated the government's commitment to funding the 2017 fee adjustments for poor, working class and missing middle students at universities and TVET colleges, whose family incomes are below the R600 000 ceiling as announced by Minister Blade Nzimande at the end of last year.

NMMU students have resorted to sleeping in TV rooms and laboratories while others squat with friends and family amid what the Black Students Stokvel (BSS) has called a housing crisis at the university.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has approved over 400 000 applications for funding for the 2017 academic year.

Destitute Durban University of Technology students spent another night on the streets as a housing crisis at the institution wears on.

The Wits Campus Personal Navigator Challenge is calling on developers and entrepreneurs to develop innovative systems to assist students with visual and physical disabilities to independently navigate Wits' vast campus.

A 20-year-old student has been expelled from Coastal College in Umlazi because he is gay, GroundUp reports.

Stellenbosch University has adopted a revised admissions policy for 2018 which aims to redress past inequalities.

NMMU is offering a R50 000 reward for information on the petrol-bombing of a building on its south campus at the weekend and two earlier cases.

Five campuses at Walter Sisulu University have been shut down and registration has been frozen following a dispute over fees, GroundUp reported on Tuesday.

Thousands of prospective university students' funding applications have been turned down by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for the 2017 academic year.

On their first day back from the holiday break, a small group of Durban University of Technology (DUT) students embarked on a peaceful march to the vice chancellor's office on Tuesday.

The philosophical community of South Africa was rocked by allegations of racism at the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of South Africa in January.

As SA's universities begin the new academic year, the private sector has already raised about R140m of a targeted R200m to finance the pilot scheme for the new funding model for poor and "missing middle"? students.

The University of Cape Town's (UCT) three unions are in a deadlock with management after staff were unilaterally offered a below-inflation wage increase of 6% for 2017.

Pretoria - Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is on Thursday set to brief media on the outcomes of talks he held about the state of readiness for the 2017 academic year.

It’s been a decade since South Africa signed and ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The convention is an international human rights treaty that’s supposed to protect the rights and dignity of people with disabilities.

Port Elizabeth - Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's (NMMU) first-year students received a sobering welcome to the institution over the weekend as Vice Chancellor Professor Derrick Swartz said they could not provide free education and could not scrap debts.

The academic programme at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Pretoria campus has been suspended following violent protest action that erupted on Tuesday night.

The University of Cape Town vice-chancellor says a graduate tax would help poor students to get through university

The 2017 academic year has begun at tertiary institutions‚ but the Anglican Church leadership is worried that some universities have created a false sense of calm.

Newly-appointed Unisa Chancellor, former president Thabo Mbeki on Monday cautioned South African students, and the general populace, against the trend of violence which often accompanies genuine protests.

There is no such thing as ‘free education’‚ someone has to pay‚ be it state‚ firms‚ households or donors.

Following weeks of uncertainty and frustration at many universities, which students and academics have attributed to National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) delays, The Daily Vox was finally able hold a private interview with the chairperson of NSFAS, Sizwe Nxasana. He spoke to us about the reasons for the delays, the new student-centred model and accountability.

Decolonisation of higher education is set to play a fundamental role within South African universities...

The #FeesMustFall movement sparked debates and conversations around the provisions made for students classified as the missing middle in society.

Efforts to "decolonise" education need to be dealt with now that students have raised the issue, an academic said on Thursday.

Deliwe Mzobe is one of 1 500 workers set to benefit from a decision taken by University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) to do away with private suppliers following a relentless campaign, initiated in 2015, by #FeesMustFall and #OutsourcingMustFall protesters.

Universities are struggling to cope with student movements’ revolutionary demands for relevant, decolonised and free education.

The chair of the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training, Judge Jonathan Heher, faces a mammoth task as he needs to consolidate information into a report for President Jacob Zuma within the next two months.

Later this year, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) will officially drop the "Metropolitan" to become the Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in honour of its namesake, the later former President and global icon, Nelson Mandela.

The ANCYL has insisted that higher education is nationalised and has come up with a plan on how it could work... in theory, maybe.

In mid-December 2016, the South African Minister of Higher Education and Training released the report of a ministerial task team set up to investigate student funding for those who can’t afford higher education.

The African National Congress (ANC) says it wants to make Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges more appealing than universities.

Business Unity SA (Busa) says free higher education is not sustainable and business cannot carry its costs alone, given the low levels of economic growth.

The high university drop-out rate needed to be tackled in light of the growing calls for free higher education, an umbrella grouping of South African universities, Universities SA (Usaf), said on Monday, 27 March 2017.

At a time when there is so much concern about what is going on at our public universities, students would do well to take lessons from the life of the late liberation stalwart and political activist, Ahmed Kathrada.

The Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training will on Monday host a public hearing in Centurion.

Two university campuses have been shut and thousands of students left in limbo after the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) failed to release living allowances and timeously to approve appeals for study funding, leading to chaos at the University of Venda and the University of the Free State.

The tension is rising and the confusion growing as the transformation agenda dithers, thus creating more tempestuous waves in South African higher education.

A group of University of Cape Town activists are staging a sit-in to highlight concerns about students who have been unable to register for 2017 because they failed, or do not have the money to continue.