Nobuhle Nkabane | SCORE: E Buti Manamela | SCORE: C Before her dismissal Nkabane’s 2025 tenure was a case of ambitious intentions undermined by poor execution, lack of transparency and perceived political patronage. On paper, she advanced reasonable reforms: capital injections, board appointments at NSFAS/skills bodies, and a plan for skills-driven post-school education. But in […]
The country’s 21 Sector Education and Training Authorities were at the centre of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s axing in July of former higher education minister Nobuhle Nkabane
The fallout is the latest threat to the fragile government of national unity that has frequently come to the brink of collapse over policy clashes between its two largest parties
Asanda Luwaca was appointed by disgraced former minister of higher education and training Nobuhle Nkabane without having the right qualifications
Cyril Ramaphosa has dithered and delayed acting against ANC ministers implicated in wrongdoing
Democratic Alliance’s Helen Zille cornered the ANC’s Fikile Mbalula with the ultimatum to axe the minister or lose DA support on budget votes
The Democratic Alliance had threatened to withhold its vote unless President Cyril Ramaphosa fired the errant higher education minister
The parties said the higher education minister’s dismissal was a vital step towards restoring accountability amid governance failures and allegations of political interference
The provincial police commissioner’s allegations against the police minister and the higher education minister’s Seta appointments have undermined their reputations
The party has accused the higher education minister of misleading parliament and violating the executive ethics code by fabricating the legitimacy of the selection process of Seta boards
Democratic leader John Steenhuisen however said the party would withdraw from a national dialogue due later this year, calling it a waste of time and money and a distraction from the failures of the ANC
The ANC Youth League president said those who serve in government and are considered to be youth of the party should only fear him, not opposition parties
SCORE: B- When President Cyril Ramaphosa separated science and higher education once more, Nobuhle Nkabane took on the most nebulous of public demands: rebuilding trust. South Africa’s greatest frustrations have been borne out on campuses over the past decade. A strong student sentiment of resistance grew, while the failings of the National Student Financial Aid […]