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NMMU Crics Team

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Members of the Centre for Research in Information and Cyber Security (CRICS) NMMU team: At the back Joe van Niekerk Rossouw von Solms and Reinhardt Botha. In front are Lynn Futcher, Kerry-Lynn Thomson and Mariana Gerber. Date: October 26, 2015 17:17 Click here for more: MyPE Images - MyPE (Latest images) Many more PE Images here. … [Read more...] about NMMU Crics Team

Top speakers for cyber safety seminar

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With cyber-crime a concern world-wide, the head of the Hawks Electronic Crime Unit will share insights on information and security at an event at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) on Friday, 30 October. Brigadier Piet Pieterse from the Hawks will give one of four presentations at a morning-long seminar that forms part of the launch of the Centre for Research in Information and Cyber Security (CRICS) in the School of Information and Communication Technology at NMMU. Brig … [Read more...] about Top speakers for cyber safety seminar

What Hitler said about NMMU Joining #FeesMustFall

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Downfall, also known as “Hitler Finds Out…” or “Hitler Reacts To…” is a series of parody-subtitled videos based on a pinnacle scene from Der Untergang (2004), a German WWII drama revisiting the last ten days of Adolf Hitler’s life and eventual suicide in his Berlin underground bunker. Due to the film’s international success and Bruno Ganz’ haunting portrayal of the Nazi dictator, numerous segments from the movie soon fell fodder to hilarious parodies on YouTube, spawning hundreds of … [Read more...] about What Hitler said about NMMU Joining #FeesMustFall

University Exam Period to be extended

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There will be no increase of fees at universities across the country, President Jacob Zuma announced on Friday, following a week of national protests by students. "On the matter at hand, we agreed that there will be a 0% increase of university fees in 2016," he said via a camera link from the Union Buildings. "In the long term there is a package of issues that was raised at the meeting that needs to be followed up. These include free education, institutional autonomy, racism, accommodation … [Read more...] about University Exam Period to be extended

Students and Parents 0% – Taxpayers ?%

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Students have reacted with tears and jubilation as news spread that President Jacob Zuma had agreed to a zero percent increase on student fees. News24 reporter Jenni Evans said there were cheers outside Parliament where students had gathered. Evans said motorists hooted and gave students a thumbs up, while some of the students started singing the national anthem. "We got what we were asking for," said one student, adding that it had been very emotional to see their fellow students … [Read more...] about Students and Parents 0% – Taxpayers ?%

Careful Students – Rubber Bullets are not Condoms and they hurt

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Rubber bullets, used in crackdowns on students protesting high tertiary education fees, are far from safe and harmless and can lead to serious injury. Police have responded to students on a nationwide protest campaign against fee increases for 2016 with what is termed "non-lethal" weapons. These may include, water canons, tasers, tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets. During the course of the protests police fired rubber bullets at students at Nelson Mandela Bay University in Port … [Read more...] about Careful Students – Rubber Bullets are not Condoms and they hurt

How Varsity Students can make a positive impact with #FeesMustFall

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It is a given that the state of BASIC EDUCATION is in a mess. It is a given that sacrifice is a top-down, parent-child, teacher-student, old-young equation. It is a given that a pyramid is only as strong as it's base. It is a given that the educational infrastructure is a finite resource dependant upon taxpayer money to survive. The real concern is that in order to appease the protesting students large amounts of money will need to be shifted from one area of our countries budget to … [Read more...] about How Varsity Students can make a positive impact with #FeesMustFall

No Classes at NMMU Today

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@NMMU4U tweeted at 06h20: There will be no classes at NMMU today. Please alert fellow staff and students. Updates to follow. https://twitter.com/NMMU4U/status/657411184514179072 Vice Chancellor Derick Swartz posted this message on the NMMU Web Site: I am writing to you in the aftermath of yesterday’s unfolding events on our Summerstrand campus in Port Elizabeth. Early yesterday morning, after Wednesday’s unlawful blockading of the front and back entrances of the University, NMMU’s … [Read more...] about No Classes at NMMU Today

No-one allowed in or out at NMMU

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https://twitter.com/NathiThina/status/657183541546110976 Port Elizabeth - Students barricaded all entrances to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) on Thursday afternoon after a tense stand-off between them and Vice Chancellor Derrick Swartz over the venue for a mass meeting to be held over the fee protests. Swartz had agreed to a meeting with the student body earlier in the week, and it was scheduled to take place at the university's Madibaz Stadium at 13:00 on … [Read more...] about No-one allowed in or out at NMMU

NMMU Music Engages Learning

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At the start of 2015, as part of the Northern Arts Festival, Greenwood Primary School Wind Band hosted Fletch Wiley an American trumpeter. The workshop was produced by Twotone Music and was run by Gareth Williams, NMMU lecturer in Clarinet and Saxophone. This was the start of an extraordinary musical collaboration between NMMU and Greenwood. After presenting the workshop Wiley was so impressed with the Greenwood band that he requested to return to the school on the last day of his visit so … [Read more...] about NMMU Music Engages Learning

#FeesMustFall is a national crisis say academics

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Hundreds of academics who are in solidarity with protesting students across South African institutions have called the situation that has gripped the nation a crisis that government and vice chancellors need to urgently resolve. This is in stark contrast with Higher Education Minister Minister Blade Nzimande's statement that the national protests were not a national crisis. Over 490 local academics have written to Nzimande, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene and vice chancellors, urging … [Read more...] about #FeesMustFall is a national crisis say academics

Heavy handed tactics against NMMU students

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Port Elizabeth Police fired rubber bullets at protesting Nelson Mandela Bay students on Wednesday, who took to the streets in solidarity with protesting students nationwide. At least one student, identified as Noxolo Koko, was hit on the upper thigh. Students throughout the country are protesting proposed fee hikes for 2016. Police spokesperson, Captain Johan Rheeder, said police intervened early on Wednesday morning, after splinter groups of students blocked roads including Admiralty … [Read more...] about Heavy handed tactics against NMMU students

Rubber bullets fired at NMMU students

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Protests by students against fee increases at Western Cape universities were beginning to stir on Wednesday morning, while police in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing students. At Stellenbosch University, students gathered outside the engineering faculty and then made their way into the building to "shut it down". The faculty was later evacuated, with students leaving classes. An altercation later ensued between a protester and a lecturer, the … [Read more...] about Rubber bullets fired at NMMU students