Students in South Africa feel unheard. Here’s one way to listen

Kasturi Behari-Leak, Academic Staff Development Lecturer, Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town (UCT), Harsha Kathard, Interim Head of the Health Sciences Education Department, UCT & Elelwani Ramugondo, Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, UCT

The new round of protests at South Africa’s public universities was triggered by the announcement that universities will be allowed to raise their fees in 2017. Amid discussions about high fees and free higher education, many may have forgotten that students’ demands aren’t just related to cost.