The government is considering drastic budget cuts to fund free higher education, including cutting social grants, freezing the roll-out of RDP houses and increasing taxes. With the country facing an unpre-cedented R50.8‑billion revenue hole, a treasury document has been put before President Jacob Zuma by the presidential fiscal committee, outlining possible areas where budgets could..
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How you will pay for Zuma’s free education plan
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How you will pay for Zuma’s free education plan
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The government is considering drastic budget cuts to fund free higher education, including cutting social grants, freezing the roll-out of RDP houses and increasing taxes. With the country facing an unpre-cedented R50.8‑billion revenue hole, a treasury document has been put before President Jacob Zuma by the presidential fiscal committee, outlining possible areas where budgets could..
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KZN matrics under police guard as they write their exams
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Matric pupils at a rural KwaZulu-Natal school are writing their exams under police guard due to faction fighting which has resulted in at least one of the learners being hospitalised after a brutal assault. A Grade 12 learner at Mbuyiselo High School‚ in the Eziyendane area near Mandini on the KZN north coast‚ was severely..
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Zuma set to announce “free education across the board” – report
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Do not adjust your computer screen, this is not an April Fool’s joke. In a sensational exclusive, TimesLive reports that President Jacob Zuma is set to make an announcement that “flies in the face of the findings of the Heher Commission”. Zuma is reportedly planning to announce free higher education across the board. TimesLive reports..
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#FeesMustFall protest – Naked woman arrested at UCT
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The stomach-churning stench of human faeces‚ piles of rubbish‚ ripped curtains and a commotion on campus as the woman was being dragged into a police van greeted students on Thursday. Parts of the campus were sealed off by police in riot gear and private security and at least three people were arrested. Police spokesperson Captain..
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FeesMustFall protests descend into chaos in Cape Town
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A third wave of #FeesMustFall protests has been marred by violence, as the demonstration marched its way to Parliament. The students are demanding the release of the fees commission report, which details funding of tertiary education. These protesters have made a slashing of tuition fees their main issue to raise, on the day Finance Minister..
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Steve Biko’s letter and the sale of SA’s heritage to the highest bidder
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On 28 October, one of Europe’s leading autograph and manuscript auction houses will be selling a piece of South African heritage that should be in South Africa’s governmental archives. A handwritten letter by Black Consciousness Movement founder Steve Biko on 29 October 1973 is listed in UK auction house International Autograph Auctions’ (IAA) catalogue. The..
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School governing bodies outraged over plan to strip them of powers
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The Basic Education Department is ready to squash nearly all powers of school governing bodies if it can push through proposed amendments to the South African Schools Act. The changes will affect schools’ language policy, teacher appointments and pupil admissions. The public has until November 10 to comment on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill,..
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Mbalula delivers crime stats, vows to crack down on ‘lazy’ police efforts
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Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Tuesday announced a general 1.8% decrease in crime but remained scathing of efforts to curb violence. The crime statistics released in Parliament show that robberies are the highest they have been in a decade at 6% and are the cause of most aggravated contact crimes. Although the “most policeable crime”,..
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Transforming UCT is becoming a black and white debate again!
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Statement by The UCT Black Academic Caucus It has been encouraging to witness the revolutionary changes taking place at UCT over the past few years: the fall of the Cecil John Rhodes statue, the return of Mahmoud Mamdani, the renaming of buildings, the dialogues around sexual violence, artworks and curriculum change, and the many less..
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How do we want to be remembered?
Payment administrator IntelliMali coughs up the ‘lost’ R818k misappropriated by NSFAS
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Payment administrator IntelliMali has reimbursed Walter Sisulu University (WSU) the full amount misappropriated by NSFAS “student millionaire” Sibongile Mani out of its own pocket. IntelliMali has also roped in the services of a forensic investigator to probe how the R14-million ended up in the account of one student. The company responsible for administering state loans..
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Pupils from Esokheni Secondary School torch ‘ugly’ school and demand breakfast be served! Say no more!
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Pupils from Esokheni Secondary School near Greytown are reportedly unhappy with the aesthetic appearance of the school in relation to others in the district. More than changing the school’s infrastructure‚ protesting scholars want breakfast served as part of the existing school nutrition programme. Education Department spokesperson‚ Kwazi Mthethwa‚ said that a delegation of officials had..
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Union members clash in Stilfontein at election meeting
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Intra-union violence broke out in the mining town of Stilfontein, near Klerksdorp, when National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members clashed over a leadership election on Sunday night, resulting in two people being injured and a union vehicle damaged. The NUM’s Moab Khotsong branch had just elected new leaders, but the gathering was disrupted by a..
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Lessons to be learnt from the rest of the African continent
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While South Africa had “a head start in the level of its development compared to other African economies” there was much to learn from the rest of the continent, many of who were “making greater progress, despite starting from a low base.” South Africa also had a role to play in contributing to the continent’s..
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