If the poor can't get into universities, then no one must get in, says Malema
Polokwane – The lack of infrastructure to implement President Jacob Zuma's fee-free education plan should not be a barrier used to deny the poor access to higher education, EFF leader Julius Malema said on Monday.
Speaking live on Limpopo's Energy FM breakfast show on Monday, Malema warned that denying the poor access to education would be a declaration that all universities' gates be locked. Malema said that universities' lack of capacity to accommodate thousands of aspiring students was "none of our business".
"If you cannot take the poor into the university because of infrastructure... no one must go," said Malema.
Zuma made the announcement for fee-free education on December 16, just hours before the start of the ANC's elective conference.
He announced that students from households who had a joint income less than R350 000 per annum would receive government grants and not loans.