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student protests

Mthatha student who was blinded in one eye during campus protest loses R16m lawsuit

Maverick Citizen

Mthatha student who was blinded in one eye during campus protest loses R16m lawsuit

By Estelle Ellis

UCT faces campus shutdown as protesting students demand housing and fee block reforms

South Africa

UCT faces campus shutdown as protesting students demand housing and fee block reforms

By Takudzwa Pongweni

James Matthews believed the raw power of poetry was ideally suited to rage against apartheid

South Africa

James Matthews believed the raw power of poetry was ideally suited to rage against apartheid

By Frank Meintjies

Chicago police arrest dozens in Democratic convention protest; oil tanker adrift in Red Sea after attacks

World

Chicago police arrest dozens in Democratic convention protest; oil tanker adrift in Red Sea after attacks

By Bloomberg

Statues and Storms — the high Price UCT paid during years of violent student protests

South Africa

Statues and Storms — the high Price UCT paid during years of violent student protests

By Rebecca Davis

Cape technikon closes campuses after violent protests and arson

South Africa

Cape technikon closes campuses after violent protests and arson

By Vincent Cruywagen

Chris Matlhako – an SACP stalwart and Young Turk forged in the ‘fire and ash’ of the student struggle

Politics

Chris Matlhako – an SACP stalwart and Young Turk forged in the ‘fire and ash’ of the student struggle

By William Gumede

UCT at odds with SRC over claim it breached financial exclusion mediation agreement

South Africa

UCT at odds with SRC over claim it breached financial exclusion mediation agreement

By Alinaswe Lusengo

National Student Financial Aid Scheme ‘is committed to finding solutions’ to accommodation problems

South Africa

National Student Financial Aid Scheme ‘is committed to finding solutions’ to accommodation problems

By Alinaswe Lusengo

Universities and SRCs still working to find solutions to NSFAS-funded students’ housing crisis

South Africa

Universities and SRCs still working to find solutions to NSFAS-funded students’ housing crisis

By Alinaswe Lusengo

UCT protests: ‘Clearly something has to change; there is a bigger story to this’

South Africa

UCT protests: ‘Clearly something has to change; there is a bigger story to this’

By Alinaswe Lusengo

UCT students claim police ‘punched’ and ‘trampled’ them as protests over housing rage on

Maverick News

UCT students claim police ‘punched’ and ‘trampled’ them as protests over housing rage on

By Alinaswe Lusengo