Request for all records detailing the number of students who have been academically excluded or expelled due to their involvement in the #FeesMustFall protests in 2015/16.
Reference number: SAH-2018-NMU-0001
Submitting organisation: South African History Archive (SAHA)
Requestee: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Status: closed
Status note: Process concluded
Date submitted: June 13, 2018
Stage(s):
Initial request, internal appeal
Request description:
Request for all records detailing the number of students who have been academically excluded or expelled due to their involvement in the #FeesMustFall protests in 2015/16, please be sure to include:
1. Copies of the guiding procedures, disciplinary policies or other sanctioning measures that were followed or used in the academic exclusion and expulsion processes;
2.The areas of study that the activists were undertaking prior to academic exclusion or expulsion; and
3. The number of academic study years the student activists had completed prior to being excluded or expelled.
Initial request communication
Communication sent
Submission of PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001
Sent on: June, 13 2018
Confirmation of receipt of PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001
Sent on: June, 18 2018
Confirmation of receipt of PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001 - follow up and request fee payment details
Sent on: June, 23 2018
Failure to respond to PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: July, 18 2018
Repeated failure to respond to PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: July, 28 2018
Notice of intention to lodge internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001
Sent on: August, 12 2018
Reminder to lodge internal appeal / complaint (Public/Private)
Sent on: August, 17 2018
Response received
Response date: 2018-07-18Response nature: Released in full
Received within statutory period: Yes
Internal appeal communication
Communication sent
Submission of internal appeal against decision relating to PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001
Sent on: August, 14 2018
Re: Confirmation of receipt of internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001
Sent on: August, 19 2018
Failure to respond to internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: September, 18 2018
Re: Failure to respond to internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: September, 28 2018
Failure to respond to internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2018-NMU-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: October, 13 2018
Response received
Response date: PendingResponse nature: Pending
Received within statutory period: No
Released records
Record summary
This is a 14 page document released by the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, which when opened is a "Fees Must Fall report" containing details of the expelled students from the university during the protest, list of students who were subjected to disciplinary measures by the Legal Department Services and the investigative reports by the university, dated 05 April 2017.
Total pages
14
SAHA CALL number
AL2878_B01.79.03