Students must avoid being fooled into protests - UJ
20 September 2016
Johannesburg - Students must avoid being fooled into joining protests that have nothing to do with them, University of Johannesburg's convocation president Mbali Mkhonto warned.
"We encourage students to contemplate the minister's announcement to ensure that they are not hoaxed into joining protests that have got absolutely nothing to do with them.
On Monday, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande announced that universities in the country could increase fees for 2017 but they could not exceed 8%. The poor and "missing middle" students would be subsidised.
"It will be mendacious to think that free education can be rolled out instantaneously, it is a process which may be protracted as government looks at sustainable funding models for this far reaching, immense project,” Mkhonto said in a statement.