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What a check! These kids want everything on a silver platter for free – UKZN students burn mattresses in protest over ‘uncomfortable’ beds – African mentalism is destroying our country

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Fed up with the poor condition of their beds, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) education students have resorted to setting them on fire.

Students at a university residence in Hospital Road, near Durban’s South Beach, burnt the metal frames of their beds on Sunday night to voice their dissatisfaction.

On Monday morning, burning mattresses were seen being flung out of windows at the residence, occupied by education students from the UKZN’s Edgewood campus. The protest resulted in lectures at the campus being cancelled.

Student representative council (SRC) president Sanele Hlongwa told TimesLIVE that they set their beds alight because they could no longer sleep on them.

“For ages now, students have been asking that their beds be changed. The building at Hospital Road is a university-owned building. The university has changed the beds at residences on campus. The same must be applied to off-campus residences,” said Hlong
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Tuks phasing out Afrikaans as medium of instruction and will from now only use English as the primary language of communication and administration

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The University of Pretoria is to phase out Afrikaans as the official medium of instruction at all its campuses and residences.

The university will from now only use English as the primary language of communication and administration.

University spokesperson Rikus Delport said the policy was adopted in 2016 by the university’s council and Senate after “extensive consultation process and recommendations from all interested parties”.

“The change in policy is aimed at facilitating social cohesion, and the university will continue to embrace and encourage multilingualism to foster unity and provide equal opportunities to speakers of all South African languages,” he said.

The consultation process included a language work stream that was formed as part of the transformation lekgotla and the independent transformation panel that focused on submissions from external stakeholders.

Delport said the decision from the various interest
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Unisa closes its doors after negotiations between the radical National Student Representative Council (NSRC) and the university authorities fail

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Negotiations between the radical National Student Representative Council (NSRC) and the university authorities culminated in a dead-end and decided to close its doors temporarily.

The closure is applicable to all Unisa’s campuses across South Africa, as the government is unwavering that it cannot accommodate larger numbers of students.

The University of South Africa (Unisa) can take 380,000 students and can accept about 54,000 new students annually, but cannot meet the radical group’s claim to accommodate all applicants.

Unisa is considering accepting an additional 10,000 students, but will first have to evaluate its implications.

Experts point out that the possibility is growing that the universities of the country, one after the other, will have to close their doors permanently if the impractical claims continue.

Read the original article in Afrikaans on Die Vryburger
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Matric results – SA standard is so low that matric are no longer accepted by most Western countries, and it is also a reason why the university’s pass rate is so high

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The 2018 exam has many matriculants in ecstasy about their excellent results, and the ANC government is broad breast over the 78% pass rate reflected.

It is even haunted by statements of “great improvement” over 2017’s results and that the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, is believed to be South Africa’s best minister.

The pass rate is set at 78.2%, and is apparently a significant improvement over any previous year, with 2017’s 75.1% and 2016’s 72.5%.

The 790,843 students are also the largest number of people who have completed the exam in one year.

but:

There are also the facts that are apparently obscured for political reasons, because once it is taken into account, there is only one long sadness and no reason to get excited.

First, the pass rate of subjects is a mere 30%.

Secondly, the scores achieved have been “upgraded” by many subjects to prevent too m
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Creative Future Scholarship Programme at Loeries

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Loeries® Creative Future Scholarship: Investing in creativity to secure the future. Now in its tenth year, the Loeries® Creative Future Scholarship seeks to push South Africa forward by bolstering its creative economy through investing in creative skills development. The Loeries Creative Future Scholarship changes lives for students with talent. Aspiring students with an interest in..
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