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/ 18 December 2009
That’s what ANC members will need to decide before the 2012 national conference, the battle lines of which are being drawn with much public fighting.
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/ 9 December 2009
The SACP may amend its constitution to allow general secretary Blade Nzimande to continue holding his position and also serve in the SA Cabinet.
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/ 27 November 2009
The SACP looks set to retain Blade Nzimande as general secretary — despite the fact that he is higher education minister.
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/ 20 November 2009
So, Blade approaches 200 days in office. That’s enough to make a fair assessment, is it not?
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/ 20 November 2009
Plans to grow vocational education may not
be viable in reality. Primarashni Gower reports.
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/ 4 November 2009
The much-criticised Setas are here to stay, although their number may diminish, minister Blade Nzimande said on Wednesday.
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/ 18 October 2009
Billy Masetlha’s vitriolic attack on the SACP is a sign that a new chapter of an old battle has erupted again in the ANC.
Private hospitals provided emergency medical care worth millions of rands to poor South Africans every year, the hospital association said on Friday.
Blade Nzimande on Friday issued a warning to lazy students, saying it cost government a fortune if students took too long to complete their degrees.
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/ 17 September 2009
As student anger erupted at Wits over fee increases, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande refused to be drawn on whether he will pump up subsidies
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/ 14 September 2009
Absence has not made the heart grow fonder for former president Thabo Mbeki, SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande said on Monday.
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/ 11 September 2009
Blade Nzimande, recently involved in a furore over his R1,1-million official vehicle, is still committed to the working class, he said on Friday.
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/ 11 September 2009
The number of students taking up African languages at university level is declining, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Friday.
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/ 9 September 2009
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Tuesday his department was introducing austerity measures to slash costs.
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/ 8 September 2009
There is no rift between the SACP and Cosatu over the issue of ministerial cars, the organisations said on Tuesday.
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/ 3 September 2009
The University of the Free State campus is still divided along racial lines, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande said on Thursday.
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/ 2 September 2009
The Ministry of Higher Education insisted on Wednesday that it bought a R1,1-million BMW for its minister, Blade Nzimande, out of necessity.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has the rare opportunity, skills and resources to change the destiny of South Africa.
The battle for the heart of the South African university goes as far back as the National Commission on Higher Education (NCHE) in 1996.
Pampallis taught at schools and lectured at universities in South Africa and abroad.
Is there going to be enough space for first-years in the next five years?
So Blade has met the vice-chancellors. Not that this meeting reached the tabloids. In fact, it was a subdued affair.
Generally speaking the implementation of adult education policy has been weak and the ministerial report to remedy this falls short
The extent of racism and other discrimination in higher education institutions revealed in a report is disturbing, says Blade Nzimande.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande on Wednesday dismissed media reports that he had advocated free tertiary education for all.
Provincial leaders of the South African Communist Party have accused the party’s national leadership of double standards
There is no conflict in Blade Nzimande being both SACP general secretary and higher education minister, the YCL said on Monday.
Minister Blade Nzimande danced around questions on a potential conflict of interest between his Cabinet position and his leadership of the SACP.
Helen Zille will fail to run her ”Bantustan” effectively because she is preoccupied with other matters, Blade Nzimande said on Wednesday.
Sasco has voiced its disappointment at minister Blade Nzimande’s assurances to Unisa vice-chancellor Barney Pityana that his job is safe.
Communist Blade Nzimande was made Minister of Higher Education because he was a revolutionary, metalworkers heard in Boksburg on Tuesday.
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/ 28 January 2009
The SACP on Wednesday condemned the ”fabrication” of media stories to ”discredit” its general secretary, Blade Nzimande.