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The student organisation has held a night vigil at the UKZN Howard College on Monday raising awareness against GBV.

The accusation is contained in an open letter to Dlamini, which TimesLIVE has seen along with screenshots of threatening messages sent in the form of tweets and text messages.

THE University of the Free State’s Phuthaditjhaba campus has suspended all academic programmes due to a student protest that led to the burning of buildings.

The Durban University of Technology has implemented three vaccination choices for its students and staff members, and although some students have adhered to the policies, some want them reviewed.

The institution said that a member could access all campuses if fully vaccinated, but if they did not want to take the jab, they would have to continue with online services.

Three Durban University of Technology (DUT) campuses will be closed on Friday due to a planned protest.

Protest: Students block MUT entrance with burning tyres and debris Students are calling for increased government funding for tertiary education. Mangosuthu University of Technology student protests Blocked entrance at MUT The Student Command account shared photos on Twitter, explaining protest action continues at MUT as “Fighters intensify the call for DHET to respond on the Sizofunda Ngenkani 2021 demands”. Protests intensified this week after the initial student campaign kicked off mid-Ma...

Teargas, bleeding knees and burning tyres: A day in the protest for free higher education 16 Mar 2021 Students continue to protest over university fees on March 15, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Students took to the streets of Johannesburg early on Monday to continue their protests about fees as 26 universities across SA braced for a national shutdown. Students, countrywide, demonstrated demanding that those who are in debt be allowed to register and that historical debt be wiped out. (Ph...

26 days ago JOHANNESBURG - The High Court in Pretoria has on Thursday ordered the University of South Africa (Unisa) to review and set aside its decision to reduce its 2021 intake of first-year students. Unisa had decided to reduce its intake from 58,000 to 38,000 as per a directive from the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Student Command had taken Nzimande and the University to court to challenge the decision, to which the South Af...

Nzimande’s last-minute scramble to find funding for students has not stopped them from mobilising for a nationwide shutdown.