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US embargo blamed as struggling SA medical students endure Cuba misery (opens the original)
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One toilet for 13 students. Days without water. No oversight visit since 2022. Inside the SA health departmentâs medical training programme in Cuba. Almost three decades ago, South Africa introduced the Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro (NMFC) programme as a transformative pathway to medical careers, offering promising students state-funded opportunities in Cuba. While it initially provided a vital alternative for those excluded by local university quotas, current participants report deteriorating c
Cape Town hosts worldâs higher education elite while SAâs universities rise (opens the original)
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South African universities are climbing the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, and leaders at the Cape Town summit say the next step is embracing AI and teaching students to use it well. The worldâs higher education leaders gathered on African soil as Times Higher Education launched its 2027 World University Rankings at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Opening the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit, Times Higher Education chief global affairs officer, Phil Baty,
NSFAS paid middlemen R616m for âunsustainableâ accommodation system, shocked MPs hear (opens the original)
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MPs questioned how an NSFAS accommodation system initially estimated at below R50m led to R616m in payouts. MPs have expressed shock at learning that four external âsolution partnersâ brought in to run the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) accommodation portal received R616-million across 2024 and 2025. Appearing before the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education on Wednesday, 23 September, representatives from the four service providers â Xiquel Group, New Dawn Technologies (N
Top marks in high school not saving SAâs first-year students from university reality (opens the original)
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Passing matric remains every school learnerâs proudest milestone. Yet across South African universities, academics warn that the leap from secondary school to tertiary study exposes gaps few students see coming, and that closing them is a shared responsibility, not a student failing. Collecting a bachelorâs pass is viewed as a great achievement. For many students, stepping onto campus a few months later brings a sobering realisation that passing school and surviving university are not the sa
EFF to march for Higher Education Minister Buti Manamelaâs resignation (opens the original)
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The EFF is demanding Higher Education Minister Buti Manamelaâs resignation over what it calls a âmess-upâ at NSFAS, and will march on the departmentâs Pretoria offices on 18 September. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will march to the Higher Education and Training ministry in Pretoria on Friday, 18 September, demanding the resignation of Minister Buti Manamela. EFF MP Sihle Lonzi cited Manamelaâs âmess-upâ at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) as the catalyst for
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