The minister said that processes were under way at the South African Products Authority for the establishment of dedicated structures for the regulation and evaluation of African medicines, clinical trials and their registration for commercial and clinical application.
A ministerial task team appointed by the minister has released a report into the inclusion of black South Africans in the academic sector.
The Higher Education Minister said universities could only allow 33% of final year students on campus under level 3 lockdown.
Higher Education Minister Balde Nzimande is the briefing the media on his department's COVID-19 measures.
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Nzimande said government was finalising the process of verifying which NSFAS students required the devices. He said NSFAS students at TVET colleges would also receive laptops.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande made the announcement on Saturday as the country prepares to ease lockdown regulations and re-open more sectors of the economy.
President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this month announced that most parts of the country would move to level 3 of the lockdown from 1 June.
Higher Education Deputy Director-General Diane Parker said that all institutions would be offering some form of remote multi-modal teaching and learning from 1 June.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said that for now, classes would be done online because the risk of COVID-19 was simply too great.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has announced the shutting down of all higher education institutions because of the coronavirus.
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The institution is battling to reach an agreement with the SRC to end the violent and disruptive protests at the university.
UKZN says they are waiting for Minister Blade Nzimande’s office to respond, while the SRC says there will continue protests until Nzimande intervenes.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande made the announcement after dissolving the board and placing it under administration.
The National Union of South African Students (Nusas) sent a list of 15 demands to Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Blade Nzimande over a week ago on issues relating to student funding, accommodation, and safety.
The minister said the higher education sector had made strides by building nine new TVET colleges, which were expected to be completed this year.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said that most bachelor degree programmes that required mathematics would not accept pupils who achieved lower than 40%.
