The memorial was meant to celebrate struggle stalwart Joe Slovo but Blade Nzimande took the opportunity to tear into the media and opposition parties.
The education minister criticised the domination of Afrikaans in teaching – and called on former Afrikaans universities to enrol more black students.
Blade Nzimande has defended public technical colleges, saying that the private sector needs to ensure colleges are offering what they need.
Having the three secretaries of the tripartite alliance under one roof has been an unfamiliar sight lately – let alone having them share a stage.
The education department believes that if the country’s skills base is to expand, college graduates should be given credit for their diplomas.
The Broadcasting Complaints Commission has dealt a narrow-minded blow to free speech.
Theuns Eloff has expressed shock at Blade Nzimande blasting him in the press and the education minister branding NWU an "apartheid institution".
Blade Nzimande has urged universities to promote social cohesion on campuses in the wake of recent racist incidents, like "black face".
The budget allocated to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme shows government will be dealing with the funding problem for poor students soon.
SA Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said the platinum sector strike was too narrowly focused and was disastrous for the miners.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande says comments made about him by Tito Mboweni in a Facebook post could have been discussed personally.
When EFF leader Julius Malema finally arrived in Parliament for registration on Tuesday, he came face to face with his nemesis, Blade Nzimande.
University funding in SA has not kept up with enrolment, and lags behind other countries, a damning government report reveals.
Revamping vocational training will achieve little in rural areas unless it is linked to job creation.
North West University says its "Sieg Heil" was not intended to cause harm, but government says it "can only be characterised as unacceptable".
While ANC MPs stuck to the "good story" line, opposition parties in Parliament aimed to poke holes in last week’s State of the Nation address.
Readers share their thoughts on the recent headline-grabbing kerfuffle between DA leader Helen Zille and Agang SA’s Mamphela Ramphele.
Blade Nzimande and Lindiwe Sisulu kissed on the sidelines of the Cabinet lekgotla in Pretoria, taking a jab at Agang SA and the DA’s failed merger.
Blade Nzimande hopes his white paper on post-school education and training will help millions of young people "out of the doldrums of poverty".
The launch of Blade Nzimande’s white paper and the audited data on universities exposes the steady pattern of dropouts, failure and graduation.
Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande has defended the low matric pass requirement, saying SA is becoming "dangerously elitist".
The SACP has accused Numsa’s leader Irvin Jim of financial impropriety in a long-running feud between the two organisations over Zwelinzima Vavi.
It is mainly liberal and elite groups that oppose state intervention in universities.
Could it be that some university leaders are trying to place universities above society and government?
A new UKZN study says it will take up to 43 years to fully transform staff profiles at South African universities to represent national demographics.
The allocation to school infrastructure in the mid-term budget is inadequate, writes David Macfarlane.
Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has set out to eliminate post-school education’s dead-ends and roadblocks.
Angry students say the higher education department’s failure to issue qualification certificates is blighting their futures.
While the Walter Sisulu University’s staff went on strike, Blade Nzimande and Jacob Zuma were at work proving their commitment to better education.
Irvin Jim says Gwede Mantashe and Blade Nzimande won’t be approached for advice on federation matters because they are causing divisions.
As the university prepares to reopen, students say Blade Nzimande’s inaction during crippling strikes has cost the ANC their support.
Universities are concerned that poor drafting ?of amendments gives the minister too much power.