Two senior ANC members lashed out at Nedbank chairperson Reuel Khoza in media reports for his comments about a lack of leadership in South Africa.
Mpumalanga ANC chair David Mabuza has been re-elected unopposed amid alliance partner claims that his pro-Zuma camp "corrupted the conference".
Gwede Mantashe has cautioned Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande against losing focus of South Africa’s skills needs while promoting humanities.
The South African Communist Party has come under pressure to recall Blade Nzimande from government to play a more hands-on role within the party.
Blade Nzimande is correct to highlight the sector as crucial for the country’s development agenda.
The nationwide Cosatu strike has revealed that two distinct factions are battling for control of the federation ahead of Mangaung.
Blade Nzimande’s many leadership roles have come into conflict as he skips parliament to join the Cosatu march.
The Central University of Technology has found itself at the centre of an independent assessment into claims of financial abuse and mismanagement.
Formal, official structures have made only a mixed success of basic education and training.
Students at South Africa’s universities live in squalid accommodation and often go hungry. <b>David Macfarlane</b> reports.
A devastating report released by Minister Blade Nzimande has revealed the inadequate accommodation SA universities provide for many of its students.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is looking into another governance crisis — this time at the Central University of Technology.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has appointed an assessor to investigate various issues at the crisis-ridden Vaal University of Technology.
The former council of UniZulu has been accused of corruption in a report detailing findings of a forensic investigation into the university’s affairs.
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/ 3 February 2012
If we were able to rise to the occasion of football’s greatest spectacle, surely we should be able to focus the same energy in improving education.
Proposals regarding training of further education and training college lecturers being considered.
Those in the stampede succumbed to the ideology of rampant individualism.
Education minister’s proposals will achieve nothing in our neoliberal environment.
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/ 13 January 2012
The dramatic rise in the pass rate over the past two years raises unrealistic expectations about entry into higher education.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s new policy document offers an unflinchingly thorough analysis of SA’s training needs, but is it enough?
Experts question the proposal of a new application system for universities and the touting of FET colleges as a viable alternative to universities.
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/ 13 January 2012
FET colleges need vast improvements if they are going to compete with universities, experts say.
Blade Nzimande says the focus of higher education will shift from universities to FET colleges, which must be overhauled in line with workplace needs.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s "wonderful problem" came back to haunt him when a stampede at UJ left one woman dead and 17 injured.
Tackling corruption, accountability and accessibility would improve the public’s "generally negative" perception of Setas.
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/ 4 November 2011
Illogical hurdles have been placed in the way of experienced providers of occupational training.
Questions are being asked over the experience of the newly-appointed Walter Sisulu administrators.
The department of higher education has appointed an administrator for the embattled Walter Sisulu University in the Eastern Cape.
The SACP’s Blade Nzimande has accused the country’s ruling tripartite alliance of using "blood money" to buy votes in its leadership elections.
In a veiled rebuke for Blade Nzimande, Numsa has warned alliance leaders against trying to score political points through "cheap innuendo".
Walter Sisulu University is sinking further into crisis as staff and students appeal for immediate intervention by minister Blade Nzimande.
The SACP’s Blade Nzimande has urged ANC Youth League members to boycott the Malema-endorsed Economic Freedom Youth Mass Action marches.