Blade Nzimande

Report finds most SA universities well run

EducationBongekile Macupe | 2019-11-15 00:00:00

Amid infrastructure backlogs, funding for students and governance issues, universities such as Fort Hare and the University of Zululand (UniZulu)...

Humanities reach new milestones

Special ReportsAnele Ngcoya | 2019-11-05 12:59:00

The 2019 Annual Doctoral Conference, held on October 29 and 30, was the National Institute of Humanities and Social Science (NIHSS)’s biggest and...

VUT’s troubles further exposed

EducationBongekile Macupe | 2019-10-24 14:41:00

The Vaal University of Technology (VUT) is in a dire-situation and requires an emergency response, before it crashes financially and academically....

MPs want inquiry into academics’ pay

EducationBongekile Macupe | 2019-10-18 00:00:00

The portfolio committee on higher education, science and technology wants an inquiry into the salaries of vice-chancellors and senior managers at...

VUT vice-chancellor retires early

NationalBongekile Macupe | 2019-10-18 00:00:00

The Vaal University of Technology (VUT) vice-chancellor, Professor Gordon Zide, has retired from the troubled university, leaving behind 15 000...

“Excuses” hinder varsity transformation, academics say

EducationBongekile Macupe | 2019-10-08 12:30:00

Academics believe that excuses and being comfortable with the current status quo are some of the reasons that have led to the higher education...

Nzimande warns vice-chancellors against going behind his back

EducationBongekile Macupe | 2019-10-02 19:58:00

Blade Nzimande, the minister of higher education, science and technology, has warned university vice-chancellors against undermining his authority...

Nzimande wants to prioritise rural universities

EducationBongekile Macupe | 2019-09-28 00:00:00

Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Blade Nzimande said that he wants to prioritise infrastructure and the quality of education in...

Ramaphosa to Sadtu: You are the key to economic growth

EducationBongekile Macupe | 2019-09-25 15:23:00

On Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa told delegates attending the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) national...

UniZulu’s plans to build residences hampered because it does not own land

EducationBongekile Macupe | 2019-09-23 17:52:00

Nomarashiya Caluza, council chairperson of the University of Zululand (UniZulu), says the institution has been unable to build...

Ranjeni Munusamy implicated by witness at Zondo commission

NationalEyaaz Matwadia | 2019-09-18 15:13:00

Ranjeni Munusamy, a senior journalist from the Tiso Blackstar Group, received money to settle the...

Déjà VUT: Nzimande appoints another administrator at embattled university

EducationBongekile Macupe | 2019-08-14 12:32:00

Blade Nzimande — the minister of higher education and training, science and technology — has appointed former University of Johannesburg vice-chancellor, Professor Ihron Rensburg, as an administrator at the Vaal University of Technology....

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