South African v-cs fear financial turmoil as fees debate returns

Students chat outside lecture halls at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Races are mixing more but often they socialize with their own kind.

Has South African higher education walked the long road to equality?

It’s been 26 years since apartheid ended, yet South African campuses were convulsed by protests against racism and inequitable university access as recently as four years ago. Much progress has clearly been made – but is it enough? Ellie Bothwell reports

By Ellie Bothwell

17 September

South Africa’s funding woes far from over, warns Wits v-c

Adam Habib fears ‘race to the middle’ if national fee-setting regime introduced

By Anna McKie

27 November

Union Buildings, Pretoria, seat of the South African government

Zuma may be gone but his populist fees policy lives on

New South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s first budget confirmed funding for hundreds of thousands of students to be exempted from tuition fees, writes Martin Hall

By Martin Hall

22 March

Thabo Mbeki questions South Africa’s free higher education policy

Former president warns that scrapping fees will lead to high dropout rates and challenges of capacity

By Ellie Bothwell

9 March

South African v-cs fear financial turmoil as fees debate returns

Shift to online learning has thwarted potential for student demonstrations, but unrest may return next academic year

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South African v-cs fear financial turmoil as fees debate returns

Shift to online learning has thwarted potential for student demonstrations, but unrest may return next academic year

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Has South African higher education walked the long road to equality?

South Africa’s funding woes far from over, warns Wits v-c

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Thabo Mbeki questions South Africa’s free higher education policy

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