01/09/2026
A victory to students of CPUT❤️💚🖤
[BREAKING NEWS] CPUT Council withdraws 2027 Financial Recovery Plan following student protests
The Council of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology has unconditionally withdrawn its draft 2027 Financial Recovery Plan. The decision comes after student protests this month resulted in at least three injuries and a university building being torched, with damage expected to exceed R2 million. The plan would have required students in university residences to pay R7 000 upfront upon registration. Following the protests, CPUT suspended its academic programme and asked students to vacate residences, though no students were forced to leave. At a special council meeting over the weekend, the institution also approved releasing academic transcripts and certificates to students with debt linked to the NSFAS accommodation cap. An academic catch-up plan is being developed and will be communicated once finalised.
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