Learning and teaching have been disrupted at the University of Fort Hare’s at East London and Dikeni campuses since Wednesday. On Thursday, students demonstrated on both campuses and vowed not to back off until their issues were resolved.
A few days after the province celebrated its record-breaking matric pass rate of 81.4%, the matric class of 2023 face a new obstacle. The province’s universities cannot accommodate the majority who have passed. They have already received more than half a million applications but can only accommodate 20,077 new students in 2024.
More than 100 University of Fort Hare students who have not been able to get their certificates on account of owing money are over the moon after their debts were cleared by the university’s alumni chapter executive. Several of the elated 130 former students said they lacked words to thank the alumni for clearing their debts.