Overview
- Fort Hare keeps teaching online after suspending on‑campus operations on 8 October, with a recovery plan in place and a shift to blended learning targeted for 27 October.
- The Portfolio Committee chair estimated R250 million to R500 million in damage at Fort Hare and warned that destroyed systems include academic records needed for verification.
- The committee plans an oversight visit to the Alice campus on 21 October to identify root causes and seek durable solutions after criticizing the appointment of an interim SRC.
- At the University of the Free State, management and student structures agreed on how to phase out provisional registration, with students returning to QwaQwa on Wednesday and classes resuming Thursday.
- UFS has amended its academic calendar, pushing most year‑end exams from 3 to 10 November, while six students were reported to be due in court on charges including attempted arson linked to the unrest.