Blade Nzimande. (Photo: SACP via Twitter) South Africa's stimulus package is merely the rearranging of existing budgets by de-funding other government programmes, says SACP general-secretary Blade Nzimande. He claimed there were forces within National Treasury and the SA Reserve Bank holding on tightly to discredited neo-liberal style fundamentalism. Nzimande also said the SACP feared excellent…
Higher Education and Science and Technology Minister Blade Nzimande. Morapedi Mashashe, Daily Sun Blade Nzimande has appointed a task team to review Unisa.He also appointed a team to probe the remuneration of vice-chancellors and senior executives at universities.The higher education, science and technology department's budget cut by almost R10 billion.Minister of Higher Education, Science and…
Multiple inquiries have been set up to probe issues within the higher education sector. Among the inquiries is to look into the administration of students' financial aid by NSFAS. Another inquiry will assess the salaries of vice-chancellors and executives at public universities.Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Blade Nzimande has appointed a Ministerial Committee…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…