Monday, 31 January 2022

Access to higher education vs. financial exclusion

As someone who only was able to study at a university with the assistance of national financial aid as well as numerous part-time jobs as tutors and research assistant, dishwasher and waiter, and with the benefit of scholarships, grants and awards based on merit, I believe that making the best of education available to all students, irrespective of their ability to pay, is non-negotiable. \

In March 2021, six years since the original #FeesMustFall protests, yet again protests erupted in the Johannesburg CBD. The video clip from my interview in the SABC News show "Full View" remains topical. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIoTtgXtGkg see it here.