'Universities will have to recalibrate their incomes': proposed tuition fee increase of 4.3%, accommodation 6.3%

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Higher education minister Blade Nzimande has proposed that SA’s 26 universities increase tuition fees for this year by 4.3% and student accommodation by 6.3%.

“This is wholly unacceptable and there is a need for some kind of national solution to address this gap because it, too, has the potential to systematically exclude a significant proportion of our young people.”

Bawa said that ever since the new bursary scheme by NSFAS was announced in December 2017, they had raised concerns over the long-term sustainability of the programme. Chantel King, the DA’s shadow minister for higher education, said the existing NSFAS model “is clearly not up to the task of funding the increasing numbers of students, with the shortfall increasing from R6.8bn in 2021”.

Meanwhile, Normah Zondo, spokesperson for the University of KwaZulu-Natal, said it was likely that NSFAS may not be able to help all needy and eligible students and “this will lead to desperate students appealing to the university for assistance”.

 

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BladeNzimandeMustFall FeesMustFall2022

He’s smoking reefer! Fees are expensive already

Lmao! Ay ANC is really sabotaging itself.

Uright yini lobaba really kuhlushekwa kanjena

That's crazy.

Everything must be for free?

Thokwass Really, this is madness🚮🚮🚮🚮

ANC is not for the Poor Shame.

Infact UCT increased fees already.

WOW..What happened to free Education?soon we will see Young ANC thugs called Youth Leaque and SASCO grandstanding and twerking for the same ANC that denies them Free Education. Wits SRC must stop grandstanding and join the EFF.

Blade Nzimande identifies himself as a 'communist'.🤡

Mntwanelanga but why because we are so broke

All those fired by PresJGZuma are now back to haunt us.

Naloke iKomanisi lenu.

Devil proposal

Kubi.

Thriving in...

Haai, can God just recreate the whole earth

Mama Lindiwe Sisulu was talking about these so called comrades of the struggle that have turned their backs on the poor using a system designed keep the elite rich and the downtrodden deeper into the pits.

Yoh, you'd think 4IR would require fair access to upskilling 💀 one thing I can say I hate about the financial environment in South Africa is fees for education. Prices are insane.

This is ludicrous, Since 2015 we’ve been battling an uncaring government which seeks further plunge poor young South Africans into student debt. There will be No fee increase We will not comply FeesMustFall studentdebt highereducation CancelStudentDebt

They're Looking for ways to steal money all round. These old people are boring

Wtf

They academics will definitely “recalibrate” by emigrating.

Banyese ANC. Nywe nywe Ramaphosa is fixing the country. Nywe nywe ANC has liberated us. Nywe nywe ANC is the only party that can govern SA. Banyese ANC till they realize that EFF is the only party that can fix the current SA problems. ✌️

Blade is a fake communist.

How, if parents didn't get income increases? And if their businesses were hit by Covid?

South African Capitalism Party

He must have already solved all the student’s financial crisis in our universities Julius_S_Malema SASCO_Wits NEHAWU

Oh dear - prepare for mass strikes, looting and the destruction of SA - they’ll cause billions of rand in damages.

How I wish Blade would have the same energy to propose a 6% increase for NSFAS to students and other government bursaries. Also to encourage private sector bursaries to follow suit. Good for nothing so called communist!

Vele isilima u Blade. Angan yena udla imali angayisebenzi. Ingakho kululu ukuthi akhulume umsangano

And Zuma was busy brutalizing FeesMustFall students

Sasa_nkala I propose that the skin potholes in his face increase by 💯

What a nonsense

UBlade utshaya ntsango yini?

Inja

Funny communist this one

Is this article real and is blade 🔪 a communist okanye siyabhanxwa nje nje, Hai ndiyabuza

Communist🤣🤣🤣

The percentage of Tuition increase is more than salary increases.

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Blade msunu kanyoko soyithathaphi imali

Communism much?

Continue voting Anc

The government increased workers salaries by 1.5%, but universities increase fees by 4.3%. Poverty is man made.

You've got to be joking

Says ikomanisi. Futh lonja yakwadambuza.

😒😥

The lack of adequate research and development has led to these traditional universities to having an outdated education system.

Isn't he supposed to be a Communist?

Blade, we suffer. Grant our children NSFAS you'll tax them when they're employed.

The Cabal is really in charge in this country, everything has increased in prices, since they have bullied most companies to fall under them or die - prices have gone mad, I guess there are Mafia protection royalties to be paid

Foods are expansive, fuel too expansive etc. now rich blade wants an increase. 😥😥

The fact that we have 26 universities is embarrassing... so the ANC government only built 2 universities post apartheid?

Is he okay?

What did I just read?

The friends of NoncebaMhlauli

Vote EFFSouthAfrica for free education

Is really Blade Nzimande a SACP secretary general or what,what's are the principles of SACP? Is this really Blade Nzimande or another Blade Nzimande? Something wrong with Blade Nzimande

Accommodation fees increase substantially more than tuition's? 🤔 Conflict of interest cause Blade has student accomm (allegedly) in Braamfontein, among others, for Wits students

He should also increase allowance

What kind of a communist is this who doesn't know there are poor people

Haibo

Violent university strikes loading…

Gosh

KICKBACKS will sustain them for elective conference, Cr22 in loading, started from GOLF COURSE, GALLAGHER DINNER and now this ,we should expect more from corrupt gangs who are still hiding a 500billion of the PPE for COVID .

I can't believe what I just read like what the hell

yoh

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Three should no increase

Not gonna happen

Yooh hayi they are really pocketing the so called middle class now.

Bayenza ngabom lento, they take instructions from the Capitalists, job Salaries haven't increased since Covid, it's meant to bankrupt the middle class for totalitarian government...

Udakiwe lowo

Is it the communist who proposed that?

Satan!🤔

Mxm aii old mutual ena yona aecona. Hae fok

Mnxim, Blade is cruel.

Citizens are still recovering from the effects of Covid, and Blade Nzimande wants to raise fees Nah ithini niyadlala

Because he has shares in many of those student accommodations! A communist he calls himself 🚮

How is this man even a communist 🤔?!

At this time blade must something else the poor will suffer inequality will never end .....that's why hae failed SACP

Really , we are still trying to find the balance covid 19 collapsed the economy badly can't he refrain the proposal please .

FeesMustFall

Did he consider the effects of the Rona, unemployment etc

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Getting higher education is getting expensive by the day in this country, in a poverty stricken country like ours with high unemployment in the world where the hell are we going to get money to study? 😟😒

Sefahlego SA brush yadi tsipi🚮

Mxm

Those that championed free education now proposing more expensive education? Reality setting in?

And there comes the student protests

Woo wa sefahlego sa skiripoto is just trying to be relevant because he’s about to be fired! 🚮

Ouch!

Wa nyela.

Blade were you once poor? It's a death knell for households that marginally don't qualify for NSFAS!

Some politicians promised free education 🤔🤔

Increase increase increase

For zoom classes?

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