Wits University management has called on stakeholders including students to heed the call to resume with this year's academic programme this morning. The university has been marred by a series of violent protests in recent weeks, which led to the institution suspending learning and teaching. Students are demanding free higher education. Meanwhile the university's Student Representative Council has threatened violent protests if management goes ahead with a pledge to reopen the institution Wits University spokesperson Shirona Patel

As the spotlight shines on Wits University over the fess must fall protest, we also checked for the latest updates from the university of Zululand were supporting staff has been on a strike for weeks...

The Higher Education Department has established a task team that will develop policy on how tertiary institutions should deal with issues of rape and other gender based violence within its institutions. The 16-member team will comprise students, university staff, police and justice officials. The task team's establishment is in response to the cries of students who accuse universities of failing to respond appropriately to incidents of gender based violence. Noma Bolani reports...

AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa has called on mining companies to pay mineworkers a living wage. Mathunjwa was speaking at the Johannesburg Mining Indaba yesterday. Tshepo Mongoai reports..

SABC board Chairperson Professor Mbulaheni Maguvhe says he will not step down from his position, regardless of an inquiry into the affairs of the SABC. He was speaking at a media briefing held in Auckland park - Johannesburg. This following the SABC Board and senior executive management appearing before the Parliamentary portforlio committee on communications. Sashin Naidoo reports...

The Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu turns 85 today. Pakistani human rights' lawyer, and well-known pro-democracy campaigner, Advocate Hina Jilani, will deliver the key-note address in Cape Town at the sixth annual Desmond Tutu lecture tonight to celebrate his Tutu's birthday. Advocate Jilani says she grew up observing the Archbishop Emiritus Desmond Tutu and was always impressed with his performance at various international events. Here is our tribute to uTat'Tutu...

The annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture has been moved from the University of the Western Cape to the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town due to concerns relating to ongoing student protests. Pakistani human rights advocate Hina Jilani will deliver the lecture tonight to celebrate Tutu's 85th birthday. The Tibetan spritual leader the Dalai Lama launched the lecture in 2011. Executive Director of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation, the Reverend Mpho Tutu, says they hope to back at the UWC next year. From our side though, here is our tribute to uTat'Tutu...

The academic programme at Wits University in Johannesburg is set to resume next Monday. This is after more than two weeks of disruptions by protesting students. On Wednesday, a group of students calling for the resumption of the academic programme, held a silent protest. But they were chased away by a group wanting the shutdown to continue. Noma Bolani report...

The SABC will soon get a new board. This is after parliament's Communications Committee took a unanimous decision that the current board has failed to carry out its mandate and therefore needs to be dissolved.On Wednesday, the committee called the board to account on various issues, including the appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng first as COO and then as Group Executive for Corporate Affairs. Joseph Mosia reports...

Anglo Gold Ashanti CEO, Sipho Pityana did not mince his words in his scorn of President Jacob Zuma at the Johannesburg Mining Indaba on Wednesday. Pityana maintained his calls that South African business and civil society demand that Zuma resigns. Our reporter Tshepo Mongoai has more...