University Mergers
latest news & developments
Mega-varsity hits the wall
Walter Sisulu University should become the second disastrous tertiary merger to be undone, according to views quoted before Blade Nzimande.
DUT suspends academic activity
The deeply troubled Durban University of Technology (DUT) closed its doors, suspending all academic activities, on Wednesday at around noon.
Progress despite hurdles
The restructured university stabilised and improved its core business before focusing on transformation.
The rationale for reviewing mergers
Errol Tyobeka explains the need for a conference to assess the incoporation process of higher education institutions.
Asmal’s objectives accomplished by UKZN with distinction
Directive and accountable leadership was more important than collegiality
Mergers: where are we now?
Some institutions were left in turmoil after they merged a few years ago.
Merger headaches
Monako Dibetle looks at a range of problems that have arisen from the restructuring of higher education institutions.
As if it never happened
The higher education landscape used to consist of 36 institutions spread across the country. Some were in under-resourced rural areas, other in cities