Former president Thabo Mbeki, inaugurated as chancellor of the University of SA last month, will boost the transformation agenda of the university. Picture: Deaan Vivier / Netwerk24
Mandla Makhanya
Over the past two years, South African public universities have been engulfed by a wave of protests by students demanding free education, social justice for contract workers of university outsourced services as well as transformation of the sector.
For obvious reasons, the #FeesMustFall campaign has gained prominence that has eclipsed the calls for both insourcing and transformation.
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