"The only institution that can deliver free education is the government"
News | 3 October 2016
“I have to pay my NSFAS loan back next year. Are they going to help me pay that loan back?”
News | 3 October 2016
"The fees announcement by Dr Blade Nzimande ... is a regression on last year's achievement"
Opinion | 2 October 2016
University is currently closed
News | 30 September 2016
“It’s either they listen, sort out the issues at hand, or we pause everything” - SRC member
News | 30 September 2016
About 100 #FeesMustFall students continue to call for shutdown
News | 30 September 2016
But three academics ask for security guards to be removed
By Benita Enoch and GroundUp Staff
News | 29 September 2016
“We want our institutions open but we want them to be open for all" say protesters
News | 29 September 2016
University concerned by video footage showing heavy-handed police response
Text by Yasthiel Devraj. Photos by Greg Roxburgh.
Photo Essay | 29 September 2016
Media blocked from entering campus, and students and security throw stones at each other
Photo Essay | 28 September 2016
UCT’s vice-chancellor warns of serious consequences if shutdown continues next week
By Zoe Schaver
News | 28 September 2016
Negotiations deadlocked at several campuses
By Nompendulo Ngubane, Nomfundo Xolo, Siphokazi Vuso, Ashraf Hendricks and Joseph Chirume
News | 28 September 2016
Vice-Chancellor speaks on the student protests, a poll on whether Wits should resume lectures, and the consequences of a shutdown
By Benita Enoch
Interview | 28 September 2016
SRC president threatens to make country ungovernable if free education demand not met
By Benita Enoch
Brief | 27 September 2016
“We are anticipating that when the University Council meets it will come back with a decision that favors the students” - WSU SRC member
By Abongile Ndevu and Siphokazi Vuso
News | 26 September 2016