Rhodes, Unisa and Univen are most reliant on paying students for funding
Stellenbosch University benefits from donations and SA’s newest universities rely on government funding‚ so Unisa‚ Rhodes and Univen will be hardest hit if the Fees Must Fall campaign results in free tuition, as they are most reliant on paying students. Statistics SA’s latest higher education institutions report shows that of the R63bn received as income by the country’s 20 universities and six universities of technology in 2015‚ 43% was sourced from the government‚ 34% from tuition fees‚ 6% from donations and the remaining 17% from other sources‚ such as investments. The rolling protests cost tertiary institutions R21.5bn in tuition fees in 2015. "If tuition fees are ever done away with completely‚ both government and higher education institutions will have the difficult task of finding another way to finance this amount. Alternatively‚ tough decisions on expenditure would need to be made‚ with increased efficiency the key to reducing costs‚" Statistics SA said.
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