Student leaders throughout the country have drawn a line in the sand and dared government and universities to cross it. As discussions over fee increments for 2017 continue, student leaders say they are not prepared to toy with the idea of any increase, whatever the amount. “We have already made[…]
Universities have nothing to fear if Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande announces no fee increases for next year, Sasco said on Thursday. “They don’t have to be scared. Students say they don’t want to pay for education. Give them free education and everything will be okay,” SA Students’ Congress leader[…]
University vice chancellors are meeting Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande on Wednesday to discuss the year ahead, the department said. Spokesperson Khaye Kwanyana said Nzimande intended explaining government’s plans for the year. The meeting was in Kempton Park and closed to the public. “Nzimande wants to make clear[…]
While Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande hailed his meeting with SRC leaders as a success, cracks began to emerge after student leaders from various universities walked out of the meeting earlier in the day. Speaking alongside a handful of students who had not left the meeting, Nzimande said he was[…]
Student leaders walked out of a meeting with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande in Johannesburg on Thursday. It was unclear whether the group had willingly left the venue or had been thrown out. They had spent hours locked in a meeting with Nzimande where they had planned to render their[…]
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande urged student leaders to talk to the department if they still had problems over university fees and funding as the #FeesMustFall protests showed signs of returning in 2016. “We understand. Legitimately they are asking us to implement our own policies,” said Nzimande after unveiling a[…]
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande on Thursday met with student leaders at a round table discussion in Johannesburg where he apologised for his “students must fall” comment. Nzimande had come under massive criticism after a video emerged where he was heard saying if students don’t accept his offer regarding a[…]
The tripartite alliance cannot afford to break up, SA Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said on Tuesday. The kind of challenges the country faces requires the maximum unity of the alliance, he told Cosatu’s 12th National Congress in Midrand, Johannesburg. “We’re not going to resolve those by going our[…]
The origin of recent terror attacks can be traced to interventions by the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) in Middle Eastern and North African countries, SA Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande said on Sunday. “The SACP expresses condolences to the communities who have been[…]
Minister for Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande will launch an investigation into allegations of corruption in the government’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The department has ordered a forensic investigation into the extent of fraud, corruption, maladministration and collusion in the allocation of financial aid by institutions, NSFAS[…]
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