Mike Hoxbig
Honorary Master
Government gets their money from corporate. If the government is subsidising higher education, it means corporates and individuals are already contributing.Good on you. You are literally the first person I've heard stating they repaid even with exact figures of how much they took monthly.
I'm a huge supporter of Higher Education being free in South Africa like in other nations. The billions if not trillions of profits corporate rakes up from South Africa can indirectly pay for tuition together with the government. Government + private sector can make higher education free, they just choose not to because there is a lot, like a lot of money to be milked from people.
+-R10k in registration alone is a testament that it's a barrier for entry. Seen too many people lose hope in their dreams while only still teenagers due not being able to afford higher education.
What you're saying is it's not enough, everyone must pay more to make it completely free. Well there's no obligation on anyone to pay more than they already do in taxes.
A company spending money on some twirp to get a degree for free, who then gets a job at a competitor, brings no value to that company. This is why bursaries exist. How many billions or trillions they make has no bearing on anything, it's nobody's business how much they make.
We still have it good. Our higher education is dirt cheap compared to most countries. People there sit with decades of debt to pay back their education fees. Maybe you can show us which countries and universities provide free higher education, let's see how those institutions rank...