They are already asking for this as part of the free tertiary education package: Tuition, textbooks and residence.
I recognized a class struggle and somehow believed that the ensuing years of constitutional democracy would remedy this, it didn't. The class struggle is worse than it was and is growing.
The rich want to differentiate themselves from the poor in one way or another(but you know what, the poor won't have it, they will not tolerate this class struggle forever). I really want to see my brothers and sisters from the informal settlements have free tertiary education, so that this can balance the equation.
I want to see my brothers and sisters from informal settlements become doctors, lawyers, chartered accountants, engineers, executives etc. This will break the class struggle.
I know how my protesting bothers and sisters feel. I don't agree with their approach, but I really want to see free tertiary education for academically deserving poor students. A very important question is who is the poor and will he or she really get the much needed redress.
If you strip ‘poor,’ or “poorness,” down to the barest essentials, and simply asked for a list of the poorest of South Africans, surely people living in informal settlements and the homeless are at the top of the list. There currently exists large number of capable young men and women, teenagers from informal settlements who have either successfully completed matric or are in the process of obtaining matric. Many want to study at university. The system should have them high on the list of higher educational opportunities. So, whatever comes of this slice of free higher education,this community(with real human beings with real human rights issues) should be getting a huge slice. It must be seen that these opportunities are being made available to the poorest of the poor, or then what’s the point?
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