Wits’s decision to raise fees 8% leaves Mcebo Dlamini ‘flabbergasted’
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) student activist Mcebo Dlamini has criticised the institution for increasing 2017 tuition fees 8%. On Monday, Wits announced an average 8% increase for tuition and residence fees. The fee increment is also applicable for international students. The only exception is for postgraduate programmes run in the Wits School of Governance‚ where tuition fees will increase 9.5%. These increases are in line with recommendations made by the state in September. Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande announced that it will be up to universities to decide their own fee increases for the 2017 academic year but suggested the increase not be more than 8%. The government said it would assist qualifying students in funding the gap between the 2016 fee and the adjusted 2017 fee, at their institutions. "We are very disgusted and we are very much flabbergasted by the reaction of the university. It is very annoying because the university knows the posit...
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