The Citizen reports that the SA Further Education and Training Student Association (Safetsa) intends to shut down the 265 campuses of all 50 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges country-wide by Thursday morning.  

This was announced at a press briefing in Pretoria on Tuesday by Safetsa president Yonke Twani.  He said the decision was taken at the body’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting on 8 December last year, where SRC members from 50 colleges were present.  According to Safetsa, the only thing that would put a stop to the shutdown would be if the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) signed an agreement to immediately solve the following critical issues: delay of results and pending certificates since 2012; insufficient NSFAS funding and the delay of accommodation and transport allowances; poor infrastructure development; unqualified lecturers; and student victimisation.

• Read this report by Virginia Keppler in full at The Citizen
• Read too, Students to shut TVET colleges, at TimesLive

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