SCORE: C Nzimande’s first full year leading the ministry of science, technology and innovation has been defined by institutional housekeeping and strategic repositioning rather than headline-grabbing breakthroughs. The renaming of the department of science, technology and innovation, restoring “technology” to the title, signalled his commitment to sharpening the department’s focus and aligning it with global […]
Fourteen years ago, Tunisia was the very emblem of hope
Calls mount for African solutions to respond to the vaccine cuts and the need for a broad system-wide approach to vaccine production in Africa, and for innovative financing for sustainable health systems
The communist party has rejected overtures from its alliance partner and will contest the 2026 local government elections independently
SCORE: E Blade Nzimande faces allegations of bribery for the procurement of tenders at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). Although the minister has refuted the claims, his ethics have been questioned. The department received a clean audit but salary adjustments in the first quarter of 2024 caused variances. It planned to spend R1.711 billion […]
If the original uMkhonto weSizwe had been launched on 16 July and not 16 December, we would all be on holiday
The party is also set to discuss whether to ‘donate’ its votes to the ANC after the poll
The party will hold a special policy conference to decide on how to reconfigure its longstanding alliance with the ANC
As the months roll on since the company’s institutions were provisionally reregistered, salaries remain unpaid and learning has ground to a halt
The SACP appears ready to embrace undemocratic centralism in its
search for a new alliance partner
The South African Communist Party leader continues his tirade against alliance partner ANC for bringing the Democratic Alliance into the unity government
John Steenhuisen’s appointment of Roman Cabanac is a bro too far.
John and Gayton are driving the comrades’ cars, eating their
lunch and hogging their headlines
US President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza could lose him the all-important student vote
The Labour Market Intelligence report has found that occupational workers lack hydrogen-specific skills to compete in the global economy
The minister said detractors have celebrated the reputational damage to the student funding scheme, his department and the government.
The troubled student financial aid scheme will be placed under administration
As austerity batters public universities, fly by night institutions leave students in the lurch
The department of higher education has assured students that they will not be left stranded following the decision to deregister four private colleges
The department of higher education on Friday announced that it would deregister Damelin, CityVarsity, Intec and Lyceum College
The higher education department has deregistered Damelin, CityVarsity, Icesa City Campus and Lyceum College after they failed to submit financial reports from 2020
The South African Union of Students says the education department has been in the process of deregistering Educor’s private institutions since July 2023
Some consider the decision to tap the forex reserve as a sign that the state can be swayed by the left. But the ANC-led government knows exactly how to neutralise progressive forces
The student aid scheme has in the past received qualified audit opinions, but most recently received an adverse opinion because of shambolic internal controls
The financial aid scheme did not take steps to ensure a settlement between the funds paid to higher education institutions and the allocation of those funds to students
Access to the missing middle should be celebrated, but it is only one step in what looks to be a long journey for the higher education system
Minister’s statement comes amid kickback allegations against himself and the fund’s chairperson
The student funding scheme has accused the civil rights organisation of veering into politics and, like the minister, has threatened legal action
The taxpayer-funded scheme has accused the civil rights organisation of veering into politics and, with the higher education minister, has threatened legal action
Bold strides have been made in unravelling apartheid’s systems of education but there is still a lot to be done to achieve equality
The South African Union of Students claims the financial aid scheme is close to collapse after its failure to pay stipends to over 70 000 students since May
The minister wanted to make the move in the wake of independent reports flagging poor financial controls, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, and mismanagement