The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) has said it condemns Dudula’s plans, which are in direct contravention of the High Court order.
The rankings industry has increasingly targeted African countries at a time when it is losing traction among high profile institutions in the global north.
The group has accused basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube of breaching the Immigration Act by promoting the inclusion of illegal foreign nationals in public schools.
South African aerospace firm Mura Space and the Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) have signed an “exclusive agreement” to commercialise the country’s Sounding Rocket Launch Facility at the Overberg Test Range in the Western Cape.
At the centre of the dispute is NSFAS’s funding model, which channels accommodation allowances directly into students’ bank accounts rather than to service providers.
