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UCT protesters released on bail

Masixole Mlandu, Sibusiso Mpendulo and Zukisa Sokhaya supported by large crowd

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News | 6 October 2016

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Wits international students worry about possible loss of academic year

"I need to pay rent, I need to eat. If they shut down today, it will be difficult for me to stay in South Africa next year."

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News | 6 October 2016

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Happy Valley: where people get their lives back on track

Shelter treats homeless people with dignity

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Photo Essay | 6 October 2016

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Wildebeestkuil residents have been waiting 15 years for their land

A stone's throw away but no land in sight

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Opinion | 6 October 2016

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Opposing groups protest at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

#OpenNMMU versus #FeesMustFall

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News | 5 October 2016

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The poll at Wits was meaningless

Rights can't be voted away

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Opinion | 5 October 2016

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Cape Town’s universities shut down

Wits also closed till end of week

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News | 5 October 2016

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Group protests against abuse of the elderly

“Sometimes they are the most lonely people"

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Brief | 5 October 2016

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Fort Hare students to be evicted

Bhisho High Court grants order

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Brief | 4 October 2016

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No lectures at CPUT, but UWC and UCT open

Protesting students disrupt some classes

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News | 4 October 2016

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In photos: Violent clashes at Wits

Several protesters and one police officer injured

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News | 4 October 2016

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Checkers worker would take 290 years to earn what her boss was paid in a month

Chief executive Whitey Basson was paid nearly R100 million

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News | 4 October 2016

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Fees Must Fall 2016: Where to from here?

Academic programmes on brink of closure

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Analysis | 4 October 2016

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Former prisoners launch marimba band

Sakhulutsha project aims to keep others out of jail

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News | 4 October 2016

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Habib commits to securing Wits

Apologises to university for protesters disrupting Braamfontein campus yesterday

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News | 4 October 2016

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GroundUp goes shelter-hopping in Durban

Some charge R20 for a night in a filthy building

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