#FeesMustFall protests expected to mar 2017 academic year
Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has once again sought to discredit the #FeesMustFall campaign. Speaking in Pretoria on Thursday‚ Nzimande said that‚ while the protests have raised legitimate student demands for access to higher education‚ "they have also shown a darker side". Nzimande accused political parties with an ideology different to the ANC of hijacking #FeesMustFall. Without naming them‚ Nzimande said that these parties seek to discredit the government. He has previously accused the EFF of driving the protests calling for free quality and decolonised education at the country’s tertiary institutions. #FeesMustFall protests are expected to hit the country’s universities for a third consecutive year in 2017. They broke out late in 2015‚ forcing President Jacob Zuma to set up a commission to investigate ways of introducing free education. The commission will complete its work in July. Nzimande also claimed business people were fuelling the student protests ...
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