Anti-democratic element in student movements holds warnings for South Africa: There is a growing authoritarian impulse in South Africa, including among some student activists. Mark Wessells/ReutersSouth Africa is sinking into a political, social and economic crisis. Running in parallel is a growing disillusionment about the post-apartheid project of transformation. The time … [Read more...] about Anti-democratic element in student movements holds warnings for South Africa | The Conversation
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South Africa must open student funding to public scrutiny | The Conversation
Most South Africans need serious financial support to make it through university. GCIS/FlickrSouth Africa’s government is planning a major overhaul of its student funding system. This comes in the wake of protests at the country’s universities that saw students successfully freeze fee increases for the 2016 academic year. Government aid has been available to poor students for … [Read more...] about South Africa must open student funding to public scrutiny | The Conversation
‘We bear the scars and trauma’ – Wits student
Wits University students have staged a demonstration in solidarity with fellow students protesting rape culture at Rhodes University. Read the full article by here: Articles relating to Places | johannesburg Submit and get free press releases here: MyPR Free Press Release. Click HERE to submit your Johannesburg or Gauteng Press Release. Read more on: MyJHB Read more … [Read more...] about ‘We bear the scars and trauma’ – Wits student
Angry student protests have put rape back on South Africa’s agenda | The Conversation
A deep-seated and sustained anger against sexual violence is emerging in South Africa. AIDS Healthcare Foundation/FlickrRape is never far from the headlines in South Africa. But while protests about corruption and service delivery are common, sexual violence is not an issue that often brings people to the streets. A university in one of the country’s small towns is changing … [Read more...] about Angry student protests have put rape back on South Africa’s agenda | The Conversation
South Africa: student movement splinters as patriarchy muscles out diversity | The Conversation
An altercation between protesters broke out at Wits University with men attacking women. Candice Wagener McGuire / Wits VuvuzelaIt was a shocking series of images: a young woman – Thenjiwe Mswane – being violently handled by a group of young men. Mswane was part of a largely feminist and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexed, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) student … [Read more...] about South Africa: student movement splinters as patriarchy muscles out diversity | The Conversation
