Court sets aside UNISA lower first-year intake decision The High Court in Pretoria has reviewed and set aside Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s instruction to the University of South Africa (UNISA) to reduce the intake of first-year students by 20,000. This means UNISA may now admit the same number of students as it did last year. Last year, the institution admitted 57,000 first-year students. The court also set aside UNISA’s decision to have one semester for the 2021 academic year, writes Maluti Obuseng for SABC News. The Economic Freedom Fighters Students Command Council took the minister to court over the intake issue, while the distance educational institution’s decision on the academic year was challenged by the Black Lawyers Association Students Council.