Students picket during Black Monday at CPUT Bellville Campus. Black Monday was declared at CPUT in support of victims and survivors of Gender-based violence. Cape Town – Female students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) are living in fear because of weak security on campuses. This follows several attempts by students to address..
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Female students shamelessly showing of their naked breast during Black Monday and say they are living in fear at CPUT campuses
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Residents from 13 communities on the Cape Flats, plan to shut down the entrances and exits of their communities to highlight the shortage of affordable housing opportunities in Cape Town
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The Parkwood area was prominent in the news in May when a number of protests were staged over the lack of housing, a year after backyard dwellers had taken over vacant bits of land off Prince George Drive – ‘We want the land on the other side of the railway line, we want to go..
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Ontstoke gemeenskapslede by Sir Lowrypas-nedersetting raak oproerig omdat provinsiale regering ’n nuwe skool wil bou in nedersetting en nie grond beskikbaar wil stel vir huise
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Daar was Dinsdag ’n sterk polisieteenwoordigheid in die Sir Lowryspas-nedersetting naby Somerset-Wes in die Wes-Kaap nadat betogers Maandag die N2-snelweg en ander toegangsroetes na die nedersetting versper het. Die betogers is ongelukkig omdat die provinsiale regering ’n nuwe skool op ’n stuk grond in die nedersetting wil bou. Hulle wil hê die grond moet eerder..
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Another feud erupts over Afrikaans – Xhosa learners at a Western Cape high school protest against teachers using Afrikaans as educational language
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Pupils at a Western Cape high school protested on Wednesday about teachers who allegedly conduct classes in Afrikaans instead of English. Western Cape education department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said about 300 pupils protested outside Diazville High in Saldanha Bay, north of Cape Town, before handing over a letter listing their grievances. “The learners then returned..
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Students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology build shacks on campus in protest against accommodation shortage
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Students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) have put up shacks on the Bellville campus to highlight problems with accommodation. Last week classes were disrupted at the university’s four campuses as students protested. The shacks were first erected on Monday afternoon after the students were evicted from a conference room where they had..
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Another bus fell victim to an arson attack in Cape Town – Vandalism and arson attacks on the MyCiti bus service have cost the City of Cape Town R10 million
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On Tuesday morning, a MyCiti bus stationed at the Omuramba stop in Milnerton went up in flames. On Wednesday, another bus fell victim to an arson attack near Kuyasa station in Khayelitsha. This is according to an EWN report, which cites statements issued by City of Cape Town official Luthando Tyalibongo. The representative also confirmed..
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WATCH | This is not a civilization – Illegal march in Stellenbosch turns out violent, 27 arrested
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Twenty-seven people were arrested for public violence and malicious damage to property after an illegal march in Stellenbosch on Monday. About 60 protesters marched from the Stellenbosch Magistrate’s Court in Mark Street to Plein Street after community leaders appeared in court. “According to reports, the protesters threw garbage in front of a municipal building,” police..
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Polisie in Mithells Plein onder vuur
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Polisie in Mithells Plein, Kaapstad, het onder vuur gekom van persone wat strate blokkeer en grond in die gebied wou beset.
Een polisiebeampte is gewond waarna die klomp uitmekaar gejaag is met rubberkoeëls.
Dit volg nadat die Kaapstad raad aangedui het dat protesoptredes met 73% toegeneem het vergeleke met dieselfde periode in 2016.
Ramaphosa ken homself ‘n onderskeiding toe terwyl die land brand.
Deur: Die Vryburger
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UCT, CPUT students to descend on Parliament over Fees Commission report
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University of Cape Town (UCT) and Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students are set to march to Parliament on Wednesday to demand that President Jacob Zuma release the Fees Commission report. This comes as Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba delivers his medium-term budget statement to the legislature. – Mini Budget site Zuma received the Fees..
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