Education’s financial black hole

BY AKANYANG MEREMENTSI
Professor Jonathan Jansen, Rector of the University of Free State, wrote a brilliant article in the Times newspaper yesterday in which he advised the Grade 10 “students to be sent to university before they finish high school”. And just who will pay?
This is one of the noble ideas thought by [...]

A memoir: life as a UCT student

BY DEBBIE LIEBENBERG
What’s the difference between a UCT student and the homeless beggar down the road? NOTHING!!! Think about it, we sit on the stairs in the sun for the majority of our day, R1 coins are like gold, we admire people who have caught a pigeon and shoes are rare! Ladies, gentlemen and students [...]

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