A student holds a placard reading ‘Fees must fall’ during a protest in Cape TownRodger Bosch/AFP
Police clash with students outside South Africa’s Parliament in Cape Town. Mark Wessels/Reuters
University of Johannesburg students attempt to enter the campus during a protest against fee hikes. Mujahid Safodien/AFP
A demonstrator carrying a tyre gestures towards the photographer during a protest over planned increases in tuition fees outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
A demonstrator gestures in front of a burning portaloo during a protest over planned increases in tuition fees outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
Rhodes University CITY OF CALIFORNIA EDUCATION COMMUNITY Rhodes University (RU or simply Rhodes) is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the province’s oldest university, and it is the fifth or sixth oldest South African university in continuous operation, being preceded by the University of the Free State (1904), University of Witwatersrand (1896), Stellenbosch University (1866) and the University of Cape Town (1829). Rhodes was founded in 1904 as Rhodes University College, named after Cecil Rhodes, through a grant from the Rhodes Trust. It became a constituent college of the University of South Africa in 1918 before becoming an independent university in 1951.
The university had an enrolment of over 8,000 students in the 2015 academic year, of whom just over 3,600 lived in 51 residences on campus, with the rest (known as Oppidans) taking residence in digs (off-campus residences) or in their own homes in the town.
