Tensions escalated at the University of the Free State with 22 students arrested due to the unrest. The situation remains tense as student protests continue to unfold nationwide.
‘I don’t want to pay for your education, I couldn’t give a s****t about you being educated or not, you are not my child,’ said Cliff.
Former FeesMustFall activist says if the WITS VC fails to meet and engage he will have no choice but to go join students on the picket lines.
DUT has temporarily closed four of its campuses with immediate effect due to the ongoing violent attacks it has faced by protesters.
The KwaDlangezwa protest is reportedly due to safety concerns at off-campus residences . Students were recently robbed off their belongings.
UKZN has been rocked by protests and some student leaders have reportedly been intimidating members of staff.
The Walter Sisulu University remains closed due to student riots and protest action in Mthatha. On Monday, a police nyala was set alight.
Students at the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) in Umlazi are protesting for, among other things, financial exclusion and the scrapping of historical debt
A video of students protesting outside False Bay College in Cape Town on Monday 29 March, has been making the rounds on social media.
The violent DUT student protests earlier this week that led to five stabbings was spurred by campaign politics between the EFFSC and SASCO.
The minister compared the turbulent student protests to ‘The Bold and The Beautiful’ soapie.
University students turned on each other in a protest on Tuesday after not being able to register with many facing NSFAS funding delays.
Four students were charged with counts of public violence on 15 March 2021, and two received bail earlier this week.
Police have confirmed that the student who was shot in Braamfontein on Monday had not been involved in the Wits protests as reported.
DJ Prince Kaybee took to the streets with students to protest for free education during the ongoing #NationalShutdown protest.
The national shutdown is a culmination of week-long protests by Wits University students, who were outraged by the institution’s refusal to allow some to register over historical debt
Wits University students ensured that despite lockdown there would still be traditional protests to kick off the 2021 academic year.