Articles for GroundUp Staff

UCT students speak out against disruptions

“I have to pay my NSFAS loan back next year. Are they going to help me pay that loan back?”

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News | 3 October 2016

Keep universities open

Consequences of a shutdown will be terrible

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GroundView | 30 September 2016

Thousands of students and staff hold silent protest for UCT to stay open

About 100 #FeesMustFall students continue to call for shutdown

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News | 30 September 2016

Ihron Rensburg commits to keeping University of Johannesburg open

But three academics ask for security guards to be removed

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News | 29 September 2016

The economics of African women’s hair

School protests for rule changes are not only about race and identity

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Analysis | 15 September 2016

GroundUp response to complaint about publishing photo and name of child

We believe we have acted ethically

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Analysis | 13 September 2016

Sans Souci principal will not report to school on Monday

This follows meeting between MEC Debbie Schafer, students and staff

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Brief | 3 September 2016

Sans Souci students call for principal to step down

Meeting between students and school appears to have broken down

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News | 2 September 2016

Developer’s response to Woodstock evictees: Let’s crowdfund

This is not a game, says leader of Bromwell Street residents

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News | 31 August 2016

UCT proposes higher fees for wealthier students

Students from families earning below R500,000 per year would have no fee increase

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News | 29 August 2016

Who we’re voting for

South Africans share their views

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News | 2 August 2016

UCT stops controversial Danish editor from delivering academic freedom lecture

Flemming Rose, who published Prophet Mohammed cartoons, was invited to deliver the annual TB Davie Memorial lecture

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News | 22 July 2016

Australian mining company pulls out of Wild Coast mine

Ongoing violence prompts MRC's decision

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Brief | 18 July 2016

Bizarre state involvement in AIDS conference

Security agency leads media accreditation process

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Brief | 8 July 2016

SASSA criminal charges against Net1 frozen

Court hearing set for October

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Brief | 29 June 2016