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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 18: CPUT students marched to Parliament and handed over a memoradnum stating their demands on August 18, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. The protests comes after a controversial draft financial recovery plan that proposed requiring students to pay up to R7,000 for registration in 2027, alongside grievances regarding historical student debt, accommodation costs exceeding NSFAS caps, and the withholding of academic transcripts. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
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Anthea Jeffery: Fixing SA’s broken universities - scrap NSFAS, scrap "free" fees

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Editor BizNews
8 min read
Rethinking “free” university education: Fixing NSFAS and improving student funding
John Matisonn: ANC looks to 'President' Nene for salvation; Kganyago, Jonas too
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John Matisonn: ANC looks to 'President' Nene for salvation; Kganyago, Jonas too

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Editor BizNews
4 min read
Nene emerges as a potential ANC successor as Motsepe faces growing resistance
South Africa’s university expansion has come at a steep cost
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Anthea Jeffery: The hidden costs of “free” university education

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Daily Friend
8 min read
Unpaid tuition bills are straining university finances, with North West University owed R1.2 billion and Stellenbosch R700 million.
US President Donald Trump
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Ian Bremmer on BizNews: Trump is sabotaging his own party's re-election chances

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Editor BizNews
5 min read
Why the US president is picking fights with his own party ahead of a tough vote.
Supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) outside the Iziko Lobomi community centre polling station in Imizamo Yethu, in the Hout Bay district of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. South Africans vote in an election that looks set to reshape a political landscape dominated for three decades by the party that Nelson Mandela led to power. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg
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Dr Frans Cronjé: Why the ANC now polls at 34%, and what it means for SA

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The Common Sense
5 min read
With growth stuck near 1%, new polling suggests the GNU's structure matters less than the jobs and investment it fails to deliver.
WSM: Remembering Bill (RW) Johnson
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WSM: Remembering Bill (RW) Johnson

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Editor BizNews
8 min read
William Saunderson-Meyer looks back over his decades long friendship with the great but disagreeable South African intellectual
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