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Funding frustration boils over

FUNDING for students at higher education institutions is back in the spotlight with the government scrambling to find answers.

This comes as the Wits University protest spilled into the streets this week with students demanding funding.

Higher education portfolio committee chairpeson Philly Mapulane said a solution had to be found.

He said the death of Mthokozisi Ntumba in Braamfontein on Wednesday during the protests by Wits students was regrettable and should not have

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