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Nsfas is responsible for funding the public tertiary education of poor and working class students (Madelene Cronje/M&G)
BONGEKILE MACUPE

Nsfas employees defraud students of their funds

One staff member was arrested last month for fraud amounting to just over R30 0000

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read
Last year NTEU expressed concern over the effect that years of protests are having on staff and students at institutions of higher learning.
FEE FREE EDUCATION

Government making strides in fee-free tertiary education drive

The progress of free education is off to a good start, but there are still issues that need to be dealt with

  • Gemma Ritchie
3 min read
The fight for free university education in South Africa is entering its fourth year.
BUDGET

Free higher education is a game of cut and balance ― Treasury DG

DG Dondo Mogajane says government is committed to phasing in fee-free higher education within the confines of the national fiscus

  • Khulekani Magubane
3 min read
FEE FREE EDUCATION

The case against free higher education: Why it is neither just nor ethical

The ethical and political reasons to avoid free higher education are unambiguous

  • Sean Archer
5 min read
Markets responded positively to Malusi Gigaba’s budget
BUDGET

Efforts to get South Africa’s economy moving are no more than a patch up job

2018’s budget does not go far enough. Perhaps Malusi Gigaba was caught up in the euphoria of the widely welcomed Sona by Cyril Ramaphosa

  • Owen Skae
4 min read