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A notice published in the Government Gazette by Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande last month said 33% of students could return to campus under level 3.

A small number of students can return to university, but some choose not to

They stayed away because they feared getting Covid-19, had comorbidities, were in quarantine, had become infected and the safety measures such as curfews were too limiting

Universities have taken steps such as deactivating their biometric systems to combat the spread of coronavirus.

South African universities record 22 deaths from Covid-19

A Universities South Africa survey shows that 20 people — 19 staff members and one student — at local universities have died after contracting the coronavirus

Universities must be wary of giving up their strengths for the sake of ‘radical transformation’

Some varsities are out of touch with students’ reality

On Tuesday Nzimande announced the closure of all higher education institutions as of Wednesday until April 15

(Madelene Cronje/ M&G)

Heartbreak in Huhudi

I wondered what it must be like to love your town yet constantly feel that, as a result of corruption and incompetence, some things may never change.

Sol Plaatje at his writing desk taken from his book Native Life in South Africa.

Kimberley’s Sol Plaatje statue at the heart of new wrangle

A life-sized statue of Solomon Plaatje has been languishing in storage for nine years after objections from his family over the way he was depicted

New Northern Cape university gets highest marks in SA

Despite having to deal with construction, residence and financing issues, Sol Plaatje students last year averaged the best grades across the country.

President Jacob Zuma arrived in Addis Ababa

Zuma names two new universities

Two institutions being built in the Northern Cape and Mpumalanga will start operating next year with no more than 200 students each.