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University of Cape Town vice-chancellor, Max Price, says Government has missed an opportunity to resolve the crisis in national education. He says failure to continue with academic processes for this year would have disastrous consequences for the university. Dr. Price was addressing the media on the ongoing student protest over higher education fees. Mlamli Maneli reports...

The Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape has obtained an interim eviction order against its students refusing to vacate its residences. The university approached the Eastern Cape High Court in Bhisho seeking a legal eviction order after a number of students refused to vacate residences following a decision to close down the institution . However the order further says that the institution will have to provide a reasonable alternative accommodation before evicting the students. Makhaya Komisa has more ...

Chaos erupted once again at Wits university's main campus yesterday as police fired stun grenades to disperse protesting students. This after a group of students began protesting in front of the campus's Great Hall. The protest action came as lectures resumed at the university following an online poll in which more than 70 percent of students voted for lectures to resume this week. Ditaba Tsotetsi filed this report..

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has called the Hawks investigation "mischief in the real sense" adding that it was not doing the country any favours. Speaking to SABCNews in New York ahead of the South Africa Tomorrow Investor Conference, he said that everyone concerning the Hawks SARS investigation, knows there's nothing to investigate and the sooner it's put to bed, the better for the country. The Finance Minister is leading a high powered government, labour and business delegation to the conference, now in its fourth year and driven by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, that has seen overwhelming interest from American investors who have oversubscribed for the event. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports from New York:

There has been no progress at the controversial Rustenburg Local Municipality in North-West to resolve the stand-off between the ruling ANC and opposition parties. Following the day-long debates yesterday, on the legitimacy of several executive positions, the discussions where thrown into turmoil when the ANC Mayor, Chief Whip and Speaker decided to resign. The ANC says they mandated them to resign to avoid a tedious legal battle with the opposition. This is after the EFF and the DA threatened to approach the courts. Dyaell Gaetsewe reports...

The University of the Witwatersrand will remain closed until Friday. This about turn of events follows a meeting, both Wits management and student representatives. Chaos broke out at the university yesterday after police released rubber bullets, and stune grenades on students. We spoke to Advocate Dali Mpofu on his visit to Wits

A family in Koster in the North West is loosing hope of ever seeing their eleven-year-old daughter again. Queen Mammie Nebe was sent to the shop by her father two weeks ago and never returned. Her family is devastated. Bafedile Moerane compiled this report.....

University student leaders who attended the Multi Stakeholder Forum on Universities hosted by the Higher Education Department refused to adopt the event's declaration. Stakeholders which included government, the students, parents, university management and civil society were engaged in dialogue on the current funding crisis faced by poor university students in South Africa. The Forum also tackled the issue of violent protests and disruption of academic activities on campuses. Noma Bolani reports...

The ANC has vowed to halt the electoral decline, reclaim lost ground and restore the trust and confidence of the people by rooting out corruption within its ranks. This emerged at the end of its three-day National Executive Committee held at the weekend in Pretoria. The party identified factionalism, disunity and corruption as some of the factors that have contributed to its loss of electoral support in the last local elections. Our Political Correspondent Ntebo Mokobo has more.