The minister wanted to make the move in the wake of independent reports flagging poor financial controls, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, and mismanagement
Government spending on higher education has ballooned, but allocation is key
DepartmentHigher Education, Science and Innovation Key Goals Analysis Blade Nzimande had a quiet but effective year. Tertiary education institutions are back in full swing. Although the pandemic will have lasting effects on basic and higher education, it has very much settled in the background and allowed departments to move forward. But a struggle the department […]
The university is being torn by a crisis of governance which has seen growing antipathy to vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng’s leadership
Assuming the leadership of the SACP in 1998, Nzimande had to resolve what would become of the party when the Native Republic was attained.
Two months before the long-serving higher education director general was suspended, he reported Nzimande to the bargaining council
Sources say the party’s top six are concerned the protests at Wits University could intensify into a fiery student movement, much like #FeesMustFall
Blade Nzimande says he has been briefed by Prasa’s current leadership that they would be taking action against those who are implicated in corruption
President Jacob Zuma has declared war, says South African Communist Party (SACP) first General Secretary Solly Mapaila.
The Economic Freedom Fighters says the organisation welcomes his removal as higher education minister.