Higher Education Minister, Hlengiwe Mkhize, has raised concerns over what she calls misinformation around the issue of free higher education. Mkhize has lashed out at political leaders who've advised students to go to institutions of higher learning without applying, saying that undermines institutional processes. She met students of the Buffalo City TVET college and University of Fort Hare in East London to discuss funding challenges. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Universities South Africa, CEO, Professor Ahmed Bawa and Lwando Mangqishi, the Deputy Secretary-General of the South African Students' Congress (Sasco)