University of Fort Hare to appear before Higher Education Committee on DA’s request
3 September 2015
The DA’s request that the University of Fort Hare come before the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training to account for the litany of problems crippling its ability to deliver quality education to its students, has been agreed to by the committee Chairperson, Mrs Yvonne Phosa.
Representatives from the University will come before the committee on Tuesday, 8 September 2015, and have much to answer for.
Yesterday the situation at the University escalated further when the Bisho Campus was closed as a result of failure to pay staff salaries since January. This is of great concern to the DA as it could have detrimental effects on the ability of students at Fort Hare to complete this year’s curriculum.
The challenges at this University are significant and include allegations that: