MPs frustrated with Nzimande's fee increase 'plans'
25 August 2016
Cape Town - Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande answered a barrage of questions on university fee increases on Wednesday by deferring to department "plans", frustrating opposition MPs in the process.
“I am in consultation with various stakeholders, as well as the minister of finance. At an appropriate time we will make an announcement,” he told the National Assembly during a question session to the social services cluster.
DA MP Belinda Bozzoli asked Nzimande if there were any interim measures in place regarding university fee increases and subsidies before the June 2017 deadline for the commission of inquiry into higher education and training to complete its work.
She asked him about 19 universities mentioned in Parliament earlier on Wednesday that could become dysfunctional should a 0% fee increase be implemented for a second year.