Walter Sisulu University should become the second disastrous tertiary merger to be undone, according to views quoted before Blade Nzimande.

The deeply troubled Durban University of Technology (DUT) closed its doors, suspending all academic activities, on Wednesday at around noon.

The restructured university stabilised and improved its core business before focusing on transformation.

Errol Tyobeka explains the need for a conference to assess the incoporation process of higher education institutions.

Directive and accountable leadership was more important than collegiality

Some institutions were left in turmoil after they merged a few years ago.

Monako Dibetle looks at a range of problems that have arisen from the restructuring of higher education institutions.

The higher education landscape used to consist of 36 institutions spread across the country. Some were in under-resourced rural areas, other in cities