Zuma has failed students - Sasco

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Johannesburg – The South African Student Congress (Sasco) is losing confidence in Cabinet, particularly President Jacob Zuma and his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa, it said on Wednesday.

“They have dismally failed to co-ordinate their team in ensuring that it co-operates and finds the money to fund this priority of both the government and the ANC," Sasco leader Thabo Majola said, referring to free higher education.

Sasco was extremely angry at the ANC and Cabinet for failing to treat the student protests with the "urgency and political boldness it deserves". Zuma had failed to ensure his Cabinet implemented ANC policies on free education, and to provide the leadership to solve the impasse between students and Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.

Sasco decided at its national working committee meeting on Tuesday that Zuma and Ramaphosa had to meet student leaders in less than a week.

Minister on 'holiday'

He claimed ANC sub-committee chairperson on education, Naledi Pandor, did not support free education.

"She has stalled free education. We had serious issues with her when she was the minister of education."

Ministers of police Nathi Nhleko and state security David Mahlobo‎ had to be held responsible for the destruction of property and violence on campuses.

"The minister of state security and intelligence is on holiday. He has allowed destruction of our country's assets, the burning of schools and the torching of university infrastructure."

Nhleko had to be held responsible for the violence police directed at students, Majola said.

Lecturer, students, police injured

On Tuesday, students and police clashed as Wits University reopened its doors. Seventeen students were arrested.

Police fired rubber bullets and teargas at students after they attempted to break a police chain. Some students then threw stones at officers.

International relations lecturer David Hornsby, police officers, and protesters were injured.

Student protesters have periodically shut down a number of campuses nationwide as they called for free education. This followed Nzimande’s announcement on September 19 that tertiary education fees would increase by no more than 8%, but only for those students who could afford it.

Wits decided late on Tuesday that it would close its doors until next Monday, to hold talks with students about access to higher education.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/zuma-has-failed-students-sasco-20161005
 
Sasco blames EFF for campus violence

Johannesburg – Sasco on Wednesday said it would protect tertiary institutions from what it claimed was violence instigated by the EFF.

"If they want to continue their hooliganism and burn our institutions, we have now taken a decision to say we are going to protect those institutions ourselves,” South African Students Congress secretary general Tembani Makata said.

“The majority of those people mobilized, who are wearing red T-shirts, are not even students of an institution."

She called on EFF student leaders to stop instigating violence

“They must not push this generation into burning buildings.”

Sasco president Thabo Majola said the EFF should stop threatening students to participate in their protests.

"Even when they want to start engaging, EFF puts notes on the doors of all students, threatening their lives. It goes and closes residences, forces students to go and participate in their strikes."

EFF Student Command leader Mpho Morolane was surprised Sasco was blaming it for violence on campuses.

“If they want to take action we will await any action. We are prepared. It is shocking they are trivialising the general students’ cause to only one student population. They have run out of ideas."

Morolane said he was disappointed by Sasco.

Wits University vice chancellor Adam Habib on Monday warned Police Minister Nathi Nhleko that some students were calling for their own version of the Marikana massacre to advance their cause for free education.

On Tuesday, students and police clashed as Wits University reopened its doors. Seventeen students were arrested. Police fired rubber bullets and teargas at students after they attempted to break a police chain. Some students threw stones at officers. International relations lecturer David Hornsby, students, and police officers were injured.

News24
: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sasco-blames-eff-for-campus-violence-20161005
 
EFF Student Command leader Mpho Morolane was surprised Sasco was blaming it for violence on campuses.
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And in other news ... Vuyani Pambo:
“We are going to take over all universities and we will make sure that this country is at a stand still till we get free quality education,” he said.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/846500-We-will-make-sure-SA-is-at-a-standstill

How many EFFs do we have?

Oh, wait, it's not me that's confused, it's them - nothing new.

;)
 
Well, let's assume SASCO is being sincere here. They have a point.

The money can be found for free education - cut the parastatal bailouts, public sector wage bill; a few other trims, none of which will have major economic impacts (they will however, upset ANC constituencies, which is why they won't happen). So the only question is - is free higher education the best way to spend the freed up money?

I would argue that yes, it is. Free higher education can be viewed as an investment in building a larger tax base in the future, with spin-off benefits of a better-informed populous. South Africa HAS to outspend first-world countries on higher education, because our only other option is to move to a sweatshop economy.

So what is the obstacle to implementing free higher education? Given that this requires cooperation between ministers (finance, higher education, basic education, etc), it has to come from a level above the ministerial level. I'm only aware of one job at that level, but unfortunately the incumbent lacks the basic numeracy and literacy to organise the ministerial cooperation required (and is in any case seemingly caught up in factional battles against some or all of the ministers concerned).

(http://irr.org.za/reports-and-publi...-in-south-africa-2013-biznews-21-october-2015)
 
zuma and the ANC failed the whole country. ( ok besides the 1% of tax looters in his pocket)
 
schumi said:
Johannesburg – Sasco on Wednesday said it would protect tertiary institutions from what it claimed was violence instigated by the EFF.

"If they want to continue their hooliganism and burn our institutions, we have now taken a decision to say we are going to protect those institutions ourselves,” South African Students Congress secretary general Tembani Makata said.

“The majority of those people mobilized, who are wearing red T-shirts, are not even students of an institution."

She called on EFF student leaders to stop instigating violence

“They must not push this generation into burning buildings.”

Sasco president Thabo Majola said the EFF should stop threatening students to participate in their protests.

"Even when they want to start engaging, EFF puts notes on the doors of all students, threatening their lives. It goes and closes residences, forces students to go and participate in their strikes."

EFF Student Command leader Mpho Morolane was surprised Sasco was blaming it for violence on campuses.

“If they want to take action we will await any action. We are prepared. It is shocking they are trivialising the general students’ cause to only one student population. They have run out of ideas."

Morolane said he was disappointed by Sasco.

Wits University vice chancellor Adam Habib on Monday warned Police Minister Nathi Nhleko that some students were calling for their own version of the Marikana massacre to advance their cause for free education.

On Tuesday, students and police clashed as Wits University reopened its doors. Seventeen students were arrested. Police fired rubber bullets and teargas at students after they attempted to break a police chain. Some students threw stones at officers. International relations lecturer David Hornsby, students, and police officers were injured.

News24
: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sasco-blames-eff-for-campus-violence-20161005
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Can confirm this, some of my whatsapp groups are lit up about it.
 
remember. jz783 will never allow free tertiary education. god forbid more clever blacks appear......
 
Johnatan56 said:
Can confirm this, some of my whatsapp groups are lit up about it.
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This is where planting undercover SAPS into the res would come in handy

As the notes get put up, break the door down + arrest everyone 'distributing' these notes for incitement of violence
 
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