The Union is frustrated by the state of perpetual paralysis in the Department of Higher Education, under the supposed leadership of Minister Blade Nzimande. The reality is that, for the most part the department is on autopilot, with institutions of higher learning pulling in divergent directions, without coordination. Except for a few improvements with the financial aid scheme, NSFAS, the agencies and bodies under the tutelage and authority of the ministry are failing, riddled with gross levels of impropriety, incompetence and impunity.

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