Moving online when students protest is now almost a given
When protesting students usurped the rights of other students to continue studying under #FeesMustFall, classes ended — but no more
20 October 2020 - 17:24
Out of necessity, SA universities moved to an online teaching and learning model due to the Covid-19 lockdown of the country. The lockdown was initially announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa for a period of 21 days, commencing on March 27.
The initial lockdown was expected to end on April 16, but was extended, initially to end April and thereafter a few more times. A phased approach, with five levels of progressively less stringent limitations to economic activity, followed the initial hard lockdown...
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