The disparate backgrounds of students call for changes to courses and ways of teaching that don’t compromise academic competency

Contrapower harassment should factor into discussions on sexual violence on campuses, and be taken seriously as a form of violence towards lecturers.

The use of a language that bars the majority of black African students – who do not understand Afrikaans – is indefensible.

What was interesting about the protests was the response of civil society.

The student representative council of TUT is demanding that government make a loan to international development banks to bail out indebted students.