Sembene Ousmane’s harrowing novel God’s Bits of Wood has been on my mind a lot lately. It explores the political dynamics underpinning the 1947 railway workers’ strike in Dakar, Senegal. The novel’s ...

2025 marks a decade since the #FeesMustFall movement began. Looking back, I remember the protests that started at Wits University quickly spreading to universities and TVET colleges nationwide.

The epitome of leadership... Huzlet Sbusiso Mabasa, financial director of The Seed SA. THE #FeesMustFall movement caught the attention and imagination of many, locally and abroad. The students ...

There has been a breakdown of trust in South Africa’s higher education sector. Student protesters and, at some universities, university employees including cleaners and gardeners, organised themselves ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Police arrested several protesters at a university in South Africa's ...

The National Press Club has awarded the #FeesMustFall movement as the newsmaker of the year for 2016. The award ceremony was organised by the press club in conjunction with the Sefako Makgato Health ...

The #FeesMustFall protests were seen as a collective movement across higher education institutions, but, in reality, different universities have different needs. This is one of the narratives coming ...