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Mthatha News: DA’s Alan Winde wants ANC “removed from elections” over Alex, N2 protests

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DA’s Alan Winde wants ANC “removed from elections” over Alex, N2 protests: With protests flaring up in Tshwane and Mthatha in the last 24 hours, Winde has no doubt who is behind the chaos: He and his party are convinced that the ANC are inciting violence in DA-controlled ... Source: "Mthatha" - BingNews. South Africa: Blind NMU Students Beat the Odds: If you lose that, you also lose your identity," he said. Williams, who is also a former pupil of the Mthatha-based Efata School for the Blind, … [Read more...] about Mthatha News: DA’s Alan Winde wants ANC “removed from elections” over Alex, N2 protests

Bhisho news: Deliver, or face protests – Masualle

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Deliver, or face protests – Masualle: Masualle was addressing a conference of Bhisho senior managers at the East London International Convention Centre on Thursday to firm up a strategy to roll out the government’s priorities towards next year. He said next year’s provincial and general ... Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. Jack up service delivery – or else: Masualle was addressing a conference of Bhisho senior managers who converged at the East London International Convention Centre on … [Read more...] about Bhisho news: Deliver, or face protests – Masualle

Mthatha news: We have been in a financial crisis since Fees Must Fall protests – Walter Sisulu University

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We have been in a financial crisis since Fees Must Fall protests - Walter Sisulu University: The university closed some of its campuses indefinitely after violent students protests last week. Its campuses at Butterworth, Buffalo City and Mthatha remain closed. Students are protesting over the quality and number of residences available to them ... Source: "Mthatha" - BingNews. Cops killed in Ngcobo praised for loyal duty: SAPS national and provincial top brass over the weekend paid their … [Read more...] about Mthatha news: We have been in a financial crisis since Fees Must Fall protests – Walter Sisulu University

Mthatha news: We have been in a financial crisis since Fees Must Fall protests – Walter Sisulu University

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We have been in a financial crisis since Fees Must Fall protests - Walter Sisulu University: The university closed some of its campuses indefinitely after violent students protests last week. Its campuses at Butterworth, Buffalo City and Mthatha remain closed. Students are protesting over the quality and number of residences available to them ... Source: "Mthatha" - BingNews. Cops killed in Ngcobo praised for loyal duty: SAPS national and provincial top brass over the weekend paid their … [Read more...] about Mthatha news: We have been in a financial crisis since Fees Must Fall protests – Walter Sisulu University

Lessons from the Cleary Park Looting

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A WhatsApp voice note is going around from a panicked Cleary Estate resident saying that around 100 looters/protesters/miscreants/criminals are outside his home with rocks and petrol and are threatening to burn his home down. The speaker goes on to call for assistance. A follow up voice note tells a slightly different story - apparently this resident popped down to see the looters/protesters/miscreants/criminals and shot at them. Then, the silly chap ran home (to Mommy?) with the … [Read more...] about Lessons from the Cleary Park Looting

Bhisho news: Interdict prevents protests at UFH

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Interdict prevents protests at UFH: Police monitoring situation at UFH’s Alice campus last week Picture: SINO MAJANGAZA The university approached the Bhisho High Court after students damaged the institution’s property in ongoing protests. Student leaders said they would wait until they ... Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. GroundUp: Eastern Cape students challenge Motshekga in court: Equal Education chose Qonce High School to hold a press briefing after filing papers in the Bhisho High Court to … [Read more...] about Bhisho news: Interdict prevents protests at UFH

Mthatha news: Walter Sisulu University reopens after two-week violent protests – Daily dispatch

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Walter Sisulu University reopens after two-week violent protests – Daily dispatch: The campus had been closed for the past two weeks after a protest over NSFAS allowances turned violent. Students were then ordered to vacate the university premises. In a letter by the university vice-chancellor, Rob Midgley, address to the “Mthatha … Source: "Mthatha" - BingNews. CANNIBALISM BLAMED ON DRUGS AND SATAN!: The man at the centre of the latest incident, Aphiwe Maphekula (23), died yesterday at … [Read more...] about Mthatha news: Walter Sisulu University reopens after two-week violent protests – Daily dispatch

King Williams Town news: MEC appeals for halt in Breidbach protests

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MEC appeals for halt in Breidbach protests: Eastern Cape cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) MEC Fikile Xasa has today requested the hundreds of Breidbach protesters who have brought the N2 between King William’s Town and East London to a standstill to stop their action as their ... Source: "King Williams Town" - BingNews. South African Police Service: King William’s Town: Unrelenting efforts by SAPS to end the taxi violence incidents across the province paid off yesterday … [Read more...] about King Williams Town news: MEC appeals for halt in Breidbach protests

Laying down the law: University will not tolerate violent protests

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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's (NMMU) first year students received a sobering welcome to the institution this weekend as vice-chancellor Prof Derrick Swartz highlighted the opportunities, challenges, rights and responsibilities in store over the next few years. Welcoming thousands of first year students and their parents in an address live streamed to various packed venues across all NMMU campuses, including George, Prof Swartz expressed his excitement at having the new recruits … [Read more...] about Laying down the law: University will not tolerate violent protests

Protest by all means but do it within the law #FeesMustFall

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Cabinet has appealed to protesting students to be guided by the Constitution and not violate the rights of others when they raise their call for free education at institutions of higher learning. Protests on campuses in the country have been marred by violence, vandalism, destruction of property and recently, the death of a university worker has been reported. According to Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe, the President has instructed the … [Read more...] about Protest by all means but do it within the law #FeesMustFall

Mthatha news: Three schools burnt in Eastern Cape during protests

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Three schools burnt in Eastern Cape during protests: On Wednesday night Chief Henry Bokleni High School in Libode, 34 km from Mthatha, was set alight. Students were protesting against corporal punishment, and against demands for R250 from parents to pay teachers employed by the School Governing Body (SGB ... Source: "Mthatha" - BingNews. Mandla Mandela: ‘Stop all the Mandelising’: Why must “everything” be named after former president Nelson Mandela? That is what his eldest grandson, Mandla, … [Read more...] about Mthatha news: Three schools burnt in Eastern Cape during protests

PE in the news: Protests continue in Tshwane over ANC mayor choice

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Protests continue in Tshwane over ANC mayor choice: Tshwane municipality, which includes Pretoria, is one of the important centers the ANC is at risk of losing, along with the commercial hub of Johannesburg and the coastal city of Port Elizabeth. The ANC “condemns violence in the strongest possible terms ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. Henshaw flies home to see knee specialist as Ireland regroup to go 'full steam': Speaking at Ireland’s team base in Port Elizabeth this afternoon, … [Read more...] about PE in the news: Protests continue in Tshwane over ANC mayor choice

Bhisho news: Eastern Cape taxi protests condemed

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Eastern Cape taxi protests condemed: Soci said that nine suspects had been arrested in East London, three suspects in Zwelitsha, five in Bhisho, and a 40-year-old suspect in King William’s Town. Four vehicles were impounded in East London. “All the suspects will appear in various courts ... Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. Taxi operators protest peacefully: While 18 people were arrested and four vehicles impounded in King WIlliam's Town, Bhisho and East London in a taxi industry protest today, … [Read more...] about Bhisho news: Eastern Cape taxi protests condemed

Student protests in South Africa have pitted reform against revolution

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Student protests in South Africa have pitted reform against revolution by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University: Most student protests in South Africa during 2015 have been peaceful and organised, but there have been moments of violent confrontation. REUTERS/Sydney SeshibediFor more than two decades, any dialogue about change and decolonisation at South Africa’s universities has been smothered. Conservative institutional practices have remained entrenched. It is undoubtedly important that … [Read more...] about Student protests in South Africa have pitted reform against revolution