Fees commission
Dlamini Zuma: Ramaphosa's hands tied over Fees Must Fall amnesty
Dlamini Zuma delivered the keynote address at Stellenbosch University last night at a student event organised by Sasco.
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UCT students concerned about Zuma’s silence on higher education funding
President Zuma and the Department of Higher Education have yet to reveal how they will subsidise poor and working class students in 2018.
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USAf raises concerns over sustainability of university funding plan
USAf says it's worried that should Zuma's plan to provide free education to certain group's fail it will have disastrous implications on the entire higher education system.
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USAf raises concerns over Zuma’s tertiary education plan
The Presidency has announced that government will introduce fully-funded free higher education for students from poor and working-class homes.
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Unisa says decision on free higher education puts pressure on universities
University South Africa's CEO Ahmed Bawa says Zuma's announcement puts pressure on universities.
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Nxasana: Proposed funding model could have unintended outcome for poor students
One of the recommendations made by the commission includes income contingency loans from commercial banks to replace the current Nsfas scheme.
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Higher Education Committee welcomes release of fees report
President Jacob Zuma made the document public on Monday.
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Mantashe disappointed in those pushing rumours of his possible removal
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe provided feedback on the party's special national executive committee meeting.
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Treasury waiting on Zuma for direction on fees commission's findings
The Heher Commission has found that the state doesn’t have the financial muscle to provide free education for all.
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Habib: Student loan model could present major debt problems
Wits University Vice Chancellor Adam Habib says he would have preferred a graduate tax model which requires all graduates to pay a tax to fund new generations as they enter the higher education system.
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Fees report: UCT SRC takes issue with 'free education for TVET students'
The Presidency released the Heher Commission report early on Monday.
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4 key recommendations of the Fees Commission
All students, regardless of their family background, should be funded through a cost-sharing model of government guaranteed income-contingency loans sourced from commercial banks.
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DA claims to have confirmation of Treasury head of budget's resignation
The Finance Ministry told Eyewitness News on Monday morning that Michael Sachs has not resigned.
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Zuma releases Fees Commission report
President Jacob Zuma appointed the Heher Commission in 2016 following nationwide student protests under the banner ‘Fees Must Fall’.
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Protest-hit Cape universities to start exams next week
University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Max Price says they have plans in place to ensure exams go ahead.
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Govt to tap into social grants to fund free higher education?
The proposal is apparently driven by Morris Masutha who is reportedly engaged to one of Zuma's daughters.
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USAf: Do we raise fees and risk student anger?
Universities South Africa (USAf) says that it is critical that problems facing the country's tertiary education institutions be addressed before the 2018 academic year.
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New Wits SRC president: Delay of fees commission report deliberate
The incoming Wits University Students Representative Council (SRC) says it has no faith in the Fees Commission Inquiry because government uses it to distract the country from serious issues.
