Cut to the chase, Blade, or varsity shutdown will continue The minister is meeting universities, with Sasco expecting feedback on Wednesday 16 March 2021 - 20:10
Higher education minister Blade Nzimande is meeting university councils and vice-chancellors to persuade them to allow all students, including those with outstanding debt, to register for the 2021 academic year.
He was tasked with this duty during a virtual meeting between the powerful South African Students Congress (Sasco) and the ANC’s top six, as well as finance minister Tito Mboweni and police minister Bheki Cele, on Monday.
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Police disperse protesting students at the University of Zululand 15 March 2021 - 10:41 Image: via Twitter
The police were called in to disperse a group of protesting students who set tyres alight outside the University of Zululand, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Monday morning.
The protest comes as the EFF Students Command and the South African Students Congress (Sasco) called for a shutdown of universities on Monday.
Universities throughout SA are bracing for a national shutdown as protests over fees gain momentum.
Unizulu spokesperson Gcina Nhleko said the entrance to the main campus in Richards Bay had been blocked “but police have assisted with dispersing the crowd”.
Sasco promises total shutdown of colleges, varsities Penwell Dlamini and Mpho Koka > By Penwell Dlamini and Mpho Koka - 15 March 2021 - 08:27
Universities are bracing for a huge shutdown of campuses today across the country as students embark on renewed protests over financial exclusions.
Yesterday, the SA Students Congress (Sasco) warned it would block all the gates to campuses at various universities and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges nationwide today.
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Sasco, ANC top six agree in principle that universities should not exclude students with debt from registering 14 March 2021 - 15:59
Some universities are allowing students with outstanding debt to register, but others are insisting a portion of it be settled first.
This comes in the wake of a call by the powerful South African Students Congress (Sasco) for a shutdown of the country’s 26 universities on Monday. ..
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