THE remarks made by Higher Education Minister Dr Blade Nzimande that “free education is a Zuma thing” were roundly rejected with contempt by the radical economic transformation forces, ANC leader Carl Niehaus said on Thursday.
Niehaus was speaking at a media briefing of the Radical Economic Transformation (RET) national operations committee following its strategic meeting on student funding and protests at Wits University and other campuses throughout the country.
This comes after Nzimande accused Zuma of undermining the findings of the Heher Commission which found that SA cannot afford free tertiary education.
Nzimande was responding to questions from members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) regarding the poor performance of NSFAS which received an audit disclaimer from the Auditor-General.
“That announcement to say we are moving to a new scheme 14 days before it had to be implemented messed NSFAS big time, exposed the extent to which NSFAS
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