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CPUT agrees to some student demands

Violent protests related to the NSFAS funding cap, among other demands, have rocked Cape Peninsula University of Technology campuses over the past month

Some of the demands made by protesting Cape Peninsula University of Technology students have been met by the university management.… Read more

Students carry cost of NSFAS funding cap, Parliament hears

Calls for accommodation cap to be scrapped or redesigned

By Liezl Human

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) accommodation funding cap has not managed to curb high student housing prices. Instead, it has been used as a “price signal” for service providers to push up rents, Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela told Parliament’s portfolio committee for higher education on 28 August.… Read more

Some beef with your Burgundy

Boeuf Bourguignon, or as my boyfriend likes to call it, Beef Burgundy (this is less pretentious, he would say), is an old French recipe for what is essentially a beef stew.

There are so many variations that it can be frustrating finding a definitive “right” way to make it.… Read more

Beetles swarm Burger Fair

There are few automobiles that can turn a car gathering into something resembling a family reunion quite like the Volkswagen Beetle. With their unmistakable silhouettes and cheerful headlights, Beetles attract attention wherever they go, and especially when they travel in a ‘swarm’.… Read more

September Gig Guide

It’s Open Book month, WOMAD is coming to town, and the Cape Town Photo Fest is on. Then there’s all the theatre and music and general spring jols to be had.

Theatre

We have a deep loyalty to ABBA. It’s pure, straight-into-the-veins fun.… Read more