South Africa’s student accommodation crisis has resurfaced once again at the start of the 2026 academic year, after reports and images showed students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) sleeping outside campus while trying to secure residence placements. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vowfm/?next=%2F">Instagram</a> · <a href="https://twitter.com/vowfm">Twitter</a>

South Africa’s student accommodation crisis has resurfaced once again at the start of the 2026 academic year, after reports and images showed students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) sleeping outside campus while trying to secure residence placements. Instagram · Twitter

South Africa’s student accommodation crisis has resurfaced once again at the start of the 2026 academic year, after reports and images showed students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) sleeping outside campus while trying to secure residence placements. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vowfm/?next=%2F" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> · <a href="https://twitter.com/vowfm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>

IN CONVERSATION WITH UDM ACTING SECRETARY GENERAL, MS ZANDILE PHIRI

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IN CONVERSATION WITH UDM ACTING SECRETARY GENERAL, MS ZANDILE PHIRI

IN CONVERSATION WITH UDM ACTING SECRETARY GENERAL, MS ZANDILE PHIRI