Opinion
Science and tech got a raw deal in new cabinet
16 June 2019 - 00:07
Arguably the most disappointing change President Cyril Ramaphosa made when cutting back (a little) on the size and composition of his new cabinet was the merger of the departments of higher education and science & technology. It will without question mean that science and tech will vanish under the weight of the ruling party's self-inflicted chaos in both university funding and the quality of teaching...
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