'Outlook grim for varsities'

There is no hope for South Africa's universities. Outgoing University of the Free State vice-chancellor professor Jonathan Jansen said this with confidence at a luncheon he hosted at the Cape Town Club to discuss current events, prior to his departure for the US.Jansen said history would show that the turning point in the destruction of universities was when President Jacob Zuma, despite Minister Blade Nzimande's position of a 6% fee increase, announced a 0% increase for the 2016 academic year ...