MEDIA STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FORUM (SAHECEF)

Date: 23 September 2016

SAHECEF takes note of the current protests for free higher education at institutions across the country.

SAHECEF expresses its concern that FREE EDUCATION has been on the nation’s agenda now for a long time as part of the liberation struggle and the political commitments made in the post-apartheid era.

SAHECEF notes that these protests also happen in a context of…

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Writers and editors: Judy Favish with Genevieve…