Official statements and documents

Below are statements made by government officials or other education authorities around the 2016 #FeesMustFall issues:

Interim report on Higher Education fees - 24 November 2016

#FMF Founding Affidavit by NMMU - 16 November 2016

Stats SA statement on financial state of universities in SA - 25 October 2016 

Statement by Universities SA - 23 October 2016

Government calls for violent campus protest to stop immediately - 15 October 2016

Fact sheet on 2017 Fee adjustments - 14 October 2016

KPMG thought leadership article around #FeesMustFall - 13 October 2016

Stance of the #OpenNMMU movement - 7 October 2016

Statement by NMB Business Chamber on student protests - 6 October 2016

DHET Fee Imbizo infographic - 3 October 2016

Minister Blade Nzimande: Closing remarks at Multistakeholder Forum on Universities - 3 October 2016

President Jacob Zuma: Address at Multistakeholder Forum on Universities - 3 October 2016

Minister Blade Nzimande: Opening remarks at Multi Stakeholder Forum on Universities - 3 October 2016

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on the higher education dialogue - 2 October 2016

Higher Education in crisis: What can we do? - October 2016

Justice, Crime, Prevention and Security (JPCS) Cluster on the situation at institutions of higher learning - 29 September 2016

2017 fee support announcement: Infographics - 26 September 2016

Minister Blade Nzimande says the call made by students to have a moratorium on university fees will benefit the rich - 19 September 2016

Minister Blade Nzimande's Statement on Government's 2017 Fee Support to Students from Poor, Working and Middle Class Families - 19 September 2016 

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Submission to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training - 1 September 2016

DHET Report: Second National Higher Education Summit 15-17 October 2015