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Defenceless: Students staying outside the University of Zululand say that amadabuka (criminals) steal their laptops at gunpoint. A protest was held after a male student was shot by thugs. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BONGEKILE MACUPE

UniZulu res needs inkosi’s signature

Students staying off-campus have been targeted by criminals, yet the university has been sitting on money to construct another residence

  • Bongekile Macupe
4 min read
But it has been 25 years since governance was based on racism. Those rural universities are still under-resourced or indifferently run. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BLADE NZIMANDE

#WhyThisMatters: Billions spent, squalor still at rural universities

Billions are being spent to give students — and this country — a better future. It must be accounted for.

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read