Joburg city juggles the hot potato of student accommodation
Many mayors and MECs coming in and out of office have promised to resolve the issue of accommodation.
Crossed fingers in Braamfontein that students will move in
Private student accommodation providers do not know whether they will attract enough students to their buildings, as the 2021 academic calendar is starting a month later than usual. (more…)
South Point workers up in arms over unpaid covid-19 allowances
The private student accommodation company is caught between the Unemployment Insurance Fund and workers stressed by the regulations to control the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)
SASCO calls on students to claim belongings
“The South African Students Congress (SASCO) has called on students to return to campus in order to protect their belongings from thugs who are exploiting this period of the pandemic”. (more…)
Mr & Miss South Point 2017 shut down by cops
Organisers are looking for a new, larger, venue so the show can go on.
Student accommodation crisis heightens
A student accommodation crisis looms yet again.
South Point receives memorandum from Wits EFF
Student residents and the Wit’s Economic Freedom Fighters party marched from the University of the Witwatersrand to South Point Central to voice their dissatisfaction on Monday July 25. (more…)
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