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Cape Town’s universities shut down

Wits also closed till end of week

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News | 5 October 2016

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Group protests against abuse of the elderly

“Sometimes they are the most lonely people"

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Brief | 5 October 2016

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Fort Hare students to be evicted

Bhisho High Court grants order

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Brief | 4 October 2016

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No lectures at CPUT, but UWC and UCT open

Protesting students disrupt some classes

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News | 4 October 2016

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In photos: Violent clashes at Wits

Several protesters and one police officer injured

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News | 4 October 2016

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Checkers worker would take 290 years to earn what her boss was paid in a month

Chief executive Whitey Basson was paid nearly R100 million

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News | 4 October 2016

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Fees Must Fall 2016: Where to from here?

Academic programmes on brink of closure

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Analysis | 4 October 2016

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Former prisoners launch marimba band

Sakhulutsha project aims to keep others out of jail

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News | 4 October 2016

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Habib commits to securing Wits

Apologises to university for protesters disrupting Braamfontein campus yesterday

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News | 4 October 2016

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GroundUp goes shelter-hopping in Durban

Some charge R20 for a night in a filthy building

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Feature | 4 October 2016

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Fort Hare University students to fight management in court

Students say they were evicted from residences

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News | 3 October 2016

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Students close down most of UWC and CPUT

“Our fight is not just for free education”

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News | 3 October 2016

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Arrested UKZN students to remain in custody

State opposes bail for 19 protesters

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Brief | 3 October 2016

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Mayhem at UCT

Campus blocked, classes disrupted and no clarity on what happens next

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News | 3 October 2016

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If UCT shuts down, I’ll have to get a job, says student

Commerce student supports protests but fears for future

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News | 3 October 2016

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Students are aiming at the wrong target, says Equal Education’s Tshepo Motsepe

"The only institution that can deliver free education is the government"

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News | 3 October 2016

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