Nzimande’s plan to monitor transformation in South African universities has polarised the higher education sector.
So heavily has the government’s thumb been pressing its "spin at all costs" button it’s become too easy to lose sight of the human realities at stake
Instead of attending a critical meeting of a university he put under administration, he took to the streets in support of the president.
New data expose the staggering inequities in state schooling, putting Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s own performance squarely on the line.
School workbooks now introduce another steaming pile of tender-related questions in this debacle, writes David Macfarlane.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is on a collision course with CUT management after putting the university under administration.
Partnerships in higher education are advancing the fight against maternal deaths in Africa.
Nzimande has been advised to place two universities under administration but has given their councils the opportunity to explain themselves first.
Children are unlikely to excel in schools that
are falling to pieces.
The minister’s budget-vote speech traversed competing priorities.