UJ probes rock-throwing private security
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) remains open amid protests by students under the Fees Must Fall banner. The University of Johannesburg UJ has condemned the actions of private security guards who...
View Article“I hope history judges you for not fighting for Afrika.”
I still struggle to fully express the thoughts and emotions that ran through me at that moment when I decided to sit in front of heavily armed police officers, I had no ammunition but my books. By:...
View ArticleWhat solidarity looks like
I’ve learnt, not only through my participation and involvement in #FeesMustFall, but my upbringing and other social justice work, that in moments when others aren’t able to carry themselves, I have to...
View ArticleAs told to: “the privilege in the air is suffocating my soul”
Former Wits student, currently doing her postgraduate degree at Stellenbosch University, Anelisa* shares her views on #FeesMustFall and the issue of identity. Anelisa*, 23 year old former Wits...
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#FMF: Universities ungovernable
MASS MARCH: The #FreeMustFall students march on Jorrisen Street in Braamfontein. Photo: Nokuthula Zwane Week two of the #FeesMustFall student protests comes with students drafting memoranda, burning...
View ArticleWits Poll: Student majority say yes
The results from the Wits student poll show that the majority of students want the university to resume its academic programme on Monday. The interim results from yesterday’s poll run by Wits...
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Camaraderie in time of hardship
What it was like spending a day at Hillbrow Police Station while waiting for students who were arrested as part of the Fees Must Fall protests. The street is lined up with police cars in the middle of...
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As told to: I don’t care, who are you, go away!
Siwongiwe Mata is a first-year BA Anthropology student whose face got burnt by a stun grenade last week when police tried to disperse students near the university entrance. ‘I told myself that I wasn’t...
View ArticleFree quality decolonised education
This education system is a violent barrier that excludes people by closing the doors of education to poor and black kids By Koketso Poho The call for a free decolonised education is generally...
View Article“We are agitated due to comparison”: the students of #FeesMustFall
The student protestors of the #FeesMustFall (FMF) campaign of 2015 reminded South Africans about the vigour of a mobilised youth. From the occupancy of Empire Road, the mass march to Luthuli House...
View ArticleOPINION: We are reclaiming what was stolen
#FeesMustFall is a movement to restore the dignity of the poor By Kefentse Mkhari I am extremely humbled and honoured to be part of this generation – the generation that has decisively chosen its...
View ArticleOPINION: Education should not be commercialised
My position is very straight forward: we want free education now. It must be de-colonial. It must also be liberatory By Phethani Madzivhandila The Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania is...
View ArticleAdam Habib: Wits is reaching a point of no return
If the University of the Witwatersrand does not re-open in the next couple of days it will reach a point of no return, says Vice Chancellor Adam Habib in this interview with BENITA ENOCH of GroundUp....
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Parents join #FeesMustFall
Parents of FeesMust fall protestors have made their own movement to stand in solidarity with the students. Parents that are supportive of the #FeesMustFall protests have, this week, decided to travel...
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What do the students want?
Students taking part in the #FeesMustFall protest have outlined internal lists of demands by students. Student leaders at the universities have called for campuses shutdown in response to the...
View ArticleAs told to : I am completely against #FeesMustFall protests
A Wits student expresses her lack of support for the #FeesMustFall protests. The amount of negativity and hate that I have for this protest is beyond belief. Before I get accused of having “white...
View ArticleWhat about the right to study?
The recent disruptions at Wits this past week have led all of us to a difficult question. Is the goal of free higher education worth the potential destruction of the university, negatively affecting...
View ArticleStruggle songs
Iyoh Solomon Solomon Iyoh Solomon Solomon Mahlangu Iyoh Solomon Wayeyisoja loMkhonto WeSizwe Wayebulala amaBhunu eAfrika Azania From Cape to Cairo Morocco to Madagascar Bathi yone iAzania, izwe lethu,...
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Architecture student explores #FMF through art
Second year Wits architecture student, Joshil Naran uses poetry and art to express his interpretation of #FeesMustFall2016. Second year architecture student, Joshil Naran takes a poetic approach to...
View ArticleAs told to: “It is illogical to shut down the very thing we are protesting for”
Student voices come to the fore, James* who is a postgraduate Wits student shares his opinion on the #FeesMustFall protests and university shut down. James*, postgraduate student at Wits University...
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