Earlier this year, University of Wits proposed a plan to increase its tuition fees by 10%. For my friend Modisane, a third year Law student who hails from Mpumalanga, the fee increase would have been a major blow.
He already struggled to pay for this years' fees, after failing to secure the NSFAS loan from government. Many students were in the same shoes, failing to raise the existing fees even before the proposed increase.
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