Malema critical of new 'varsities

"It is no secret that the worsening situation of unemployment is directly linked to the question of higher education, which has been limited and denied to the black child for centuries," he said in Johannesburg.

Malema was briefing reporters on the outcomes of the EFF's recent national assembly. He said the building of more universities in South Africa, with a focus on mass education, training, and research, was the only solution.

He claimed the target of having 20,000 students enrolled in the new universities in the next 10 years reflected a lack of commitment to transform the country's unjust past.

"The way the government has started with these universities is the same way the apartheid government started the University of Fort Hare, confirming attitudes when it comes to education of the black child," Malema claimed.

President Jacob Zuma announced last week that two new universities, in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape, would begin operating next year, adding that they would initially take fewer than 200 students each.

Source: Sapa via I-Net Bridge