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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

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)

#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