PRESIDENT ZUMA SHOULD SACK CLUELESS MINISTER NZIMANDE

29 October 2015

The nation very keenly awaited Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s announcement today on where government was going to secure the R2,6 billion required to cover the 0% fee increase at universities.

He undertook in the course of his speech on the Higher Education Transformation Debate in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, to provide the details today after meeting with the President.

Now we learn that Minister Blade Nzimande is backtracking. Day by day, he is losing the confidence of both students and the nation. In our view, the President should sack him. Clearly, he is clueless about where the money is to come from.

Statement issued by Dennis Bloem, COPE Spokesperson, 29 October 2015