WELCOME to Tweet of the Week. Every Friday I will use this column to hand out an award to one person who has tweeted something of significance. There are no strict rules, only that the tweet in question must offer an important insight, define a debate (notorious or otherwise) or mark an occasion. This week of the Tweet of the Week goes to @eNCA for:Profile: @eNCA is the official Twitter handle for the television channel eNCA. Its Twitter profile states eNCA is a 24-hour news channel, "focusing on news from across South Africa and the continent". It has 1.03-million followers on Twitter. Citation: The moment Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande took it upon himself to become the central decision-making mechanism for any potential 2017 university fees increase, the scene for conflict was set. Nzimande, being a shrewd operator — at the very least, having a sense of self-preservation — eventually, by sitting ever so carefully on the fence,  made sure to avoid most subse...

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