The Weekend View

Wits students win battle but the war is a long way from over


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President Jacob Zuma yesterday announced that there will be a zero percent increase in university fees next year. President Zuma was speaking after meeting with student and university leaders at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. We spoke to Mpho Netshivhungululu, a former Bcom Finance student at the University of Johannesburg who had to drop out due to unaffordable fees as well as Wits Senior Lecturer, Dr Vishwas Satgar who says the campaign is a decisive historical moment with various possibilities. We also caught up with Director and Chief Economist at Econometrix, Dr Azar Jaminne who says the short term effects of the no increase decision will be minimal and MD of the Banking Association of South Africa, Cas Coovadia who is looking to have NSFAS handed over to the banking sector as he says it will be better managed there....
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