South Africa's universities face major funding crisis

The ANC is caught between students' (and its own) aspirations and the country's financial reality

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  • Anxious ANC
  • Party positions
  • Underfunded universities
  • Universities' reserves
  • Contingency fund
  • Reprioritising expenditure
  • Other funds
  • Popular pressures
  • Fees and funding
  • Tepid technical training

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