Students at the University of the Free State (UFS) say the proposed 8% fees increment for 2017 is unjust especially for poor students.
Since the #FeesMustFall campaign started, students at the institution have been protesting as part of showing solidarity with other academics across the country.
On Tuesday, tests were disrupted by protestors.
“We want free education so that people that are not privileged can actually study. The 8% is ridiculous because we can't pay, because if they say the increment is 8% then it means our registration will be R14 000,” says one protester.
Meanwhile, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande says he wants to bring students and other stakeholders together to find a solution to the violent protests at institutions of higher learning.
He was speaking at a meeting with the Board of Convocation and Alumni consisting of former students from various universities, on Tuesday.
“Look, I am working now with a minister stakeholder consultation. I want to bring them including the students because now clearly there is political agenda. It can’t be that last year many or all student formations accepted the establishment of the Presidential Commission, now all of a sudden they are going back on the same demand and say we want free higher education. You know now we are over R600 million of destruction, since the start of the fees must fall, in property that has been destroyed, that we cannot afford,” says Nzimande.
He was speaking at a meeting with the Board of Convocation and Alumni consisting of former students from various universities, on Tuesday.
“Look, I am working now with a minister stakeholder consultation. I want to bring them including the students because now clearly there is political agenda. It can’t be that last year many or all student formations accepted the establishment of the Presidential Commission, now all of a sudden they are going back on the same demand and say we want free higher education. You know now we are over R600 million of destruction, since the start of the fees must fall, in property that has been destroyed, that we cannot afford,” says Nzimande.
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