From zero percent to free education.

How are the university councils addressing the issue now, that has shift it's balance from from zero percent increase to free education? R37 billion are needed to balance the books, but the state provide only R22 billion. There is the first logic deficit in my personal opinion as well as other academics.

At the moment the only stakeholders are government and the state. This leave us with a dilemma of a deficit, that has been created out of the current dilemma. Apart from prices that have been increased, so has numerous other key factors such as electricity, water, housing, food and inflation. Salaries has increase with seven (7%) in the state sector that employ the most people. Free education on top of the demands from 0% increase, has create an added deficit of R15 billion for 2016. 

Private sector does not contribute to universities world wide, they only benefit from the qualified students overall.

Which stake holders are going to contribute towards the demands, is still an open question and challenge. What is going to happen with academic programs that are now in jeopardy, days before the final end of the academic year, is not only a question but it can lead to a total set-back in my personal opinion.

In the meantime as we are in discussion, the very same students are violating the rights of others. This is not disrespectful but very childish and underdeveloped.

Will government be able to cut costs, knowing sustainability is not that easy, with the little resources at hand. Government will have to come with a plan of action to give more resources and this make me question who is behind this unrest and protest.

There must be a driving force far more dubious, that are the back-bone of this whole scenario and therefore we see strong remarks such as treason, that has been used in the past days.

In the meantime, thousands of people are under the impression that free education exist in Germany, France, Holland and other European countries. I have news for you that refrain from doing research on such topics. Here is a list of Degree programs that are certainly not free at all. 

In fact, South Africa have the lowest cost for university fees globally.

I will not spoon-feed you as in the past, because it create more laziness, apart from the fact that currencies may change daily and I hate to give false information to anyone.

Things fall apart

How things start to change and fall apart.

Pi(e)sang was change to banana, letap or pi(e)sang brood become banana cake, with some alterations to the original recipe made of flour, sugar, banana, tapioca, etc. wrapped in banana leaves and steamed. Some may still remember jemput or banana fries.

One way or the other yogurt become yogurt or the other way around? Small pieces in culture that gone lost easily, if we do not focus on what is important in our cultures as a people.

Needless to say, concentration on one clan's culture is enough, when we are combined to one culture. Susu is over the world known as milk or latex and tairu have become sour milk.

Gigi or milk tooth has maybe disappear, but so we grew out of our baby shoes or boots and the barut (a piece of cloth wrapped around abdomen of a newborn baby, a long badage). So we see how the napkin for babies to protect garments change to nappy and later diaper.

Our parents or elders were not in any position to prevent this from happening, now we pay a dear price for their silence and the silence of those before us. The self made wooden cart has metaphorically become a go kart, with a steel frame and lawn-mover engine. The toys that brought joy to the faces of many.

I personally agree it is not at all good to keep remembering the past, but some many good things changed so swiftly and more are changing daily in a world where technology dominates over everything else. There is the equal amount of good in it, but some nostalgic memories will be with us for a very long time. Today we can carry on with our culture in different  ways such as farming goats, cattle, fruit or vegetables on a very small scale. We can also do it commercially or as a hobby. It reflects our roots and what was common then.