On 10 August at around 22:00, a room in Block A of CampusKey’s Glyn building caught fire, spread, and caused extensive damage to several rooms. Although no injuries or deaths were reported, the fire caused extensive damage to three rooms and the building itself,...
On 14 September, UP and its stakeholders discussed a range of issues in front of the National Assembly’s Portfolio Committee for Higher Education, Science, and Innovation. UP management discussed and answered questions regarding the registration fee increase protests...
On 22 August the Student Representative Council (SRC) called a mass meeting following UP’s decision to increase the 2023 first payment amount for all students. The SRC has released a series of press releases stating that they are against this decision as they believe...
On 5 May, the First Quarter Student Forum was held in the Sanlam Auditorium by the SRC, and much like South Africa’s Parliamentary proceedings it was anything but smooth sailing. The First Quarter Student Forum, which was initially supposed to be held on 7 April, was...
Check out the sport bites from Issue 5. UPlympics hosts indigenous games On 26 April, field events at the UPlympics included indigenous games, namely skipping rope and diketo an interesting first in UP history. Students began by warming up, skipping ropes, and...
