The case against free higher education: why it is neither just nor ethical
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The case against free higher education: why it is neither just nor ethical

South Africa’s just-ousted Minister of Finance committed another R57 billion to free higher education and training over the next three years. In his first (and last – he was removed from the portfolio less than a week later) budget speech, Malusi Gigaba followed through on former president Jacob Zuma’s controversial promise in December last year of free higher education. […]

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9 shots fired at a Wits student leader

Former University of the Witwatersrand SRC leader Shaeera Kalla is being treated at hospital after she was shot by police at least nine times with rubber bullets, the university confirmed on Thursday.