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Watch: #Nzimande to make pronouncement on 2017 university fees

At 11am today, Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande, will announce whether or not there will be a university fee hike recommendation for 2017.

The announcement will be made based on recommendations and reports from the department’s Council on Higher Education.

Tensions have already erupted in campuses around the country, as protests began last week to address various issues in campuses.

Additionally. students have threatened more protest action should fees be hiked by any amount.

The Wits University Student Representative Council released a statement last night, saying should the minister “fail to address the urgent call for free education and seek to divide the student movement by putting forward a haphazard fee increment for 2017”, students will be forced to act.

Read the full statement below and catch the livestream from eNCA at the bottom.

The Wits SRC has spent the last few months in constant engagement with a variety of stakeholders on issues facing the higher education sector. As we

draw closer to the historic one year anniversary of #FeesMustFall and the October 6 Insourcing movement we are reminded of the fact that access to
education remains highly restricted. We are also at that time of year where the university is attempting to suggest a possible fee increment. We therefore see it fit to notify our students on the current situation.

A commission was set up by the President of the Republic that is currently investigating the feasibility of free education in our South African context. We reject the fact that the commission is investigating the mere feasibility instead of investigating the modalities of how to realize free and quality
education. We are tired of talk shops and task teams without implementation. We reject them in their
entirety. We also note that the Insourcing Task Team at Wits has failed to properly implement insourcing and has continued to undermine workers through in principle agreements without implementation. In fact the State continues to undermine students by shifting the focus to a fee increment when the greater focus should be free education. We will not be derailed by these delay tactics.

We have further been informed that the Minister of Higher Education and Training — Blade Nzimande will be making an announcement tomorrow around the issue of fees and higher education. Should the Minister fail to address the urgent call for free education and seek to divide the student movement by putting forward a haphazard fee increment for 2017, we will be forced to act.

We are calling on all students to join us to listen to the announcement by the Minister:

When: Tomorrow (1 9 September 2016)

Time: 1 1 am

Venue: Solomon House Concourse

Our stance is clear. We hope that Blade will not waste
our time.

Issued on behalf of the Student Representative
Council 2015/2016.

For comment: 084 598 2437 or
src.secretarygeneral@students.wits.ac.za

hassanfasih39@gmail.com
Alternativelv. 063 026 6919.

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