01 Jan 2021

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Higher education minister and parliamentary committee chairperson in new feud over Sefako Makgatho University

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Minister Blade Nzimande. Picture: Supplied
Minister Blade Nzimande. Picture: Supplied

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Claims of oversight overreach, a cabal taking over a university council and a minister shielding a vice-chancellor have emerged in a heated exchange between ANC leaders in Parliament.

In this series finale involving Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande and portfolio committee on higher education chairperson Philly Mapulane, details of what happened at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) are laid bare.

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