A powerful and emotionally layered theatrical work revisits the 1976 Soweto Uprising through testimony, memory, contradiction and unresolved generational grief
To make their voices heard, young people must be more selective in the issues they support and need to put in the hard work
US President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza could lose him the all-important student vote
This is made evident by corruption at universities, assassination attempts, the failure of the students funding scheme, and the Mpati report on governance quality and racial…
Bold strides have been made in unravelling apartheid’s systems of education but there is still a lot to be done to achieve equality
The University of Cape Town management says student debt affects its financial sustainability
Those in power have learnt very little from the past and will continue to cling to the capricious hope that somehow the problem will go away
Their demands and the reactions they solicit no longer match those of 2015’s #FeesMustFall – students need an actionable plan, funds, accommodation
The #FeesMustFall protests demonstrated the burden of higher education in South Africa, a concept institutions contend with annually
A committee comprising the higher education department, vice-chancellors and universities’ body has been established to review the R45 000 allowance for accommodation
Three high-ranking police accused of using protesting students to defraud crime intelligence have finally been taken off the job
The three senior officers used the need to spy on students to allegedly defraud the state
Spyware used to monitor students’ social media ballooned from R7.7-million to R54.2-million as dodgy deals surfaced following the arrest of senior police officers
Student debt is growing quickly and, if something doesn’t change, it could jeopardise the country’s already struggling economy
Student debt does not only affect the student and the university but has far-reaching consequences for all of us and the economy
In days gone by campuses were alive with opposition to societal and political injustice
From the early frontier wars against colonialism to the struggle against apartheid and in recent times the fight for economic equality, the culture of activism has evolved. But…
bell hooks’ intentional accessibility shows how feminist theory can be used against patriarchy
Celebrate Youth Day by tuning in to episode one of our new youth-centred podcast series.
Even when their brutality is caught on camera and shown on television, officers seem to walk away scot-free
