Workers Revolutionary Party
Wits University students at a rally – because of debt many will be unable to continue their studies
STUDENTS at Wits University in South Africa are embarking on a strike, warning that returning students may be unable to continue with their studies this academic year, because of student debt.
Wits, UKZN, UFS and other institutions too intend to disallow students with historical debt to register, citing financial strains on their costs of operation if they do not recover this money from students who owe it.
Meanwhile, University of South Africa (UNISA) students have taken the university to court for not filling over 20,000 seats because of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS) refusal to provide financial aid. The issue of financial exclusions at institutional level calls into question NSFAS’s funding as a result of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s austerity budget.
COSATU ON PHUZA DRIVERS! ~.
COSATU is proposing stricter rules and regulations for road users to help reduce fatalities on Mzansi roads.
They believe the road fatalities which amount to about 14 000 lives every year was a threat to economic survival.
In its proposal document presented to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee hearing of the National Traffic Amendment Bill, the labour federation called for a tougher stance on unroadworthy vehicles and corrupt traffic officials whom it said must be banned from running businesses in the sector.
The federation pointed out that thousands of lives were lost due to reckless driving by those who should not have been licensed to drive in the first place, while 25% were due to drunk driving.