Student funding scheme drops Wits law students
University of Witwatersrand students doing the three-year law programme say they are stunned and fear…
Education
The plight of the ‘missing middle’ is no joke, Nzimande
A few weeks ago the Mail & Guardian carried a story about the child of…
Five KZN campuses closed after prospective students ‘invade’
The Durban University of Technology (DUT) on Wednesday closed its five KwaZulu-Natal campuses until further…
New VC at WSU aims to restore tarnished jewel
The new vice-chancellor of Walter Sisulu University, Professor Rushiella Songca, is unapologetic, bold, courageous and does…
Debt drives students to despair
Tefelo Mabuya should be working on a cruise liner but that did not happen. He…
Non-profit organisations are critical to redressing structural causes of poverty
South Africa is the most unequal society in the world. The stark inequality in our…
Universities should transform their methodology
COMMENT The Covid-19 pandemic has further turned the spotlight on the enduring issue of global…
More than a month since schools opened, some learners are still without schools
Hundreds of grade one and grade eight learners have yet to be placed in class…
Cabinet to receive proposal on university student funding by June
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has told parliament’s portfolio committee on higher education that he…
Long-term solutions needed for South Africa’s higher education
Transforming the higher education sector in South Africa has a long way to go, although…
Students have a democratic and constitutional right to protest. It is not illegal
Somebody needs to make it make sense. Because right now it does not make sense….
Parent power key to schools’ performance
With post-Covid-19 freedom beckoning, there is an opportunity to rebuild South Africa’s education system once…