SAPS arrest four, university cancels registration and orientation programmes

What is the hype about the pass rate of matriculants when there’s nothing for them after they matriculate?

With the academic year just starting, students are vowing to shutdown universities if their demand for historic debt to be scrapped is not met.

South African Union of Students has listed 15 demands they wanted the Department of Higher Education to meet

Top matriculant among the first years welcomed at Tuks by vice-chancellor

“You made so many people laugh and smile on our campus. You touched people’s lives every day. Rest in power,” a student said of Wendy Chingono.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) reiterated that there would be no “second window” of applications.

Blade Nzimande announced that the 26 public SA universities and colleges would provide access to about 201 042 new entrants.

Many students are resorting to online crowdfunding to raise money for university fees after failing to access bursaries or loans through traditional channels

CPUT spokesperson Lauren Kansley said the lack of student accommodation was a perennial issue across the higher education landscape.

The normally social media savvy Phakeng was interacting with prospective UCT students and parents before a scheduled question and answer session.

Queues get longer at Unisa’s registration centre in Sunnyside

The top universities countrywide have warned hopeful first-year students they will not be accepting “walk-ins”, as their intake capacities are already bursting.

According to Thando Dyamara, 28, he was hindered from applying for jobs as police gave him an expired police clearance certificate (PCC).

The Students’ Health and Welfare Centres Organisation (Shawco) is appealing to the public to assist with keeping the organisation up and running.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has received a record-breaking 543 268 first-time applications.