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Malema calls on former matrics to report to academic institutions in 2018

Article Staff Reporter - 31 Dec 2017

'We must make sure that in 2018 all academically deserving students are admitted freely in SA universities and FET colleges'

NSFAS follows Zuma’s new plan – but with caution

Article Bongekile Macupe - 18 Dec 2017

How will the body deal with the president's surprise announcement?

JZ’s fees plan ‘reckless, regressive’

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 18 Dec 2017

The president’s proposed policy for 2018 lacks the critical foresight to truly lay the groundwork to improve access to education

Wits staff set to strike

Article Bongekile Macupe - 15 Dec 2017

Employees say the university’s mooted salary increases won’t cover the escalating cost of living

Student loan plan shot down

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 24 Nov 2017

The state is too heavily indebted to back the advances and the role of Sars is problematic

Tech colleges need better support

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 17 Nov 2017

Heher says technical and vocational training colleges must become first-choice institutions

No money = no free fees, no health aid

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Nov 2017

The Davis tax committee’s reports make it clear that neither free higher education for all nor the NHI can be fully funded by the state

How to publish a fees report

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Nov 2017

'The manuscript you sent us (bar, perhaps, mention of a R99-billion surplus) brought us, and by extension our readers, no joy'

What the hijacking of South Africa’s Treasury means for the economy

Article Seán Mfundza Muller - 15 Nov 2017

The imposition of the fee-free higher education proposal on National Treasury without due consideration represents an escalation of state capture

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EFF rejects ‘class segregation’ proposed by fees commission report

Article Jan Gerber - 14 Nov 2017

The EFF has rejected the Heher Commission's report on the feasibility of fee-free education on the basis that it will create 'class segregation'

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University South Africa is concerned about new funding proposal

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Nov 2017

USAf CEO Ahmed Bawa warned that the government’s implementation of the fees commission’s recommendations was more important than the report's release.

Fees commission report: Ten things you need to know

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Nov 2017

The Daily Vox rounds up what we learned from the executive summary.

How you will pay for Zuma’s free education plan

Article Lynley Donnelly, Matuma Letsoalo Author & Khadija Patel - 10 Nov 2017

Slashing spending and upping taxes may help plug the budget shortfall and pay for higher education

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