
Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande says universities in the country can increase fees for 2017 but they must not exceed 8%.
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#FeesMustFall supporters at #UCT residences, mobilizing students. pic.twitter.com/0zJw5EnBIl — Tina Hsu (@ImTinaHsu) September 19, 2016
Nzimande said he consulted with various stakeholders regarding what would be the best way to handle the situation. He said to ensure that such inflation-linked fee adjustments of the 2015 fee baseline are affordable to financially needy students, government has committed to finding the resources to support all students.
He said they would assist households with an income of up to R600 000 per annum with subsidy funding to cover the gap between the 2015 fee and adjusted 2017 fee at the relevant institutions.
"This will be done for fee increments up to 8%," he said.
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