'Collective failure' lies behind university funding crisis - Adam Habib
7 March 2020
University campuses continue to erupt into protests as a result of poor political decisions, a lack of policing and a flawed promotion system, outgoing University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor Adam Habib has said in a series of social media posts.
Habib's tweets come amid protests over historic debt, which have been taking place over the last few months at universities across the country and claims that National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) allowances had not been paid.
At the core of the current crisis faced by universities is funding, Habib reasoned.
In a series of tweets, Habib said that if higher education was "properly funded", many issues – such as accommodation – would be resolved.