Higher education minister Blade Nzimande says he will not allow a proposed Afrikaans college to operate if it contravenes the bill of rights by excluding certain groups based on race or culture. Nzimande was speaking in Durban on Monday regarding the construction of an Afrikaans-based occupational training college, Sol-Tech, in Centurion, Pretoria. Construction has already..
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Nzimande will not allow Afrikaans-based occupational training college, Sol-Tech to operate if it excludes certain groups
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Panyaza Lesufi slams new Afrikaans university funded by Solidarity: ‘Don’t remind us of apartheid’ – Jealousy makes you nasty!
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The campus is part of the union’s education and employment projects worth R4,5 billion over the next five years. The project is set to cost about R300 million funded through donations from the community, the union said. The university will be home to Solidarity’s accredited, Afrikaans private vocational training college founded on Christian values. The..
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Planning for the next generation! – Solidarity is launching a R4.5 billion project – including an alternative Afrikaans school system and university
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Trade union Solidarity has announced plans to roll out a R4.5 billion ‘network of work’ project, which will build alternative educational and work opportunities. The project, called the Solidarity NetWork, will include a comprehensive alternative school system, an occupational training college, a university, financial aid for education, a youth movement, a network of occupational guilds,..
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