Author: Hlombe Gwaxula

Juniors Marire from the Economics Department in Rhodes University presented his paper titled “Are South African public universities economically efficient? Reflection amidst higher education crises”. The talk was part of the Biennial Conference of the Economics Society of South Africa (ESSA), hosted at Rhodes University last week. Marire’s paper touch on the #FeesMustFall movement as well as the mandate created by section 29 of the South African constitution. This section of the constitution states that everyone has the right to a basic education as well as further education, which the state must make progressively available and accessible through reasonable measures.…