{"id":11188,"date":"2015-10-31T08:36:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T08:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=11188"},"modified":"2015-10-31T08:54:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T08:54:03","slug":"need-based","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/need-based","title":{"rendered":"University Of Cape Town Parents Are Joining Forces To Offer Need-Based Financial Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The protests led to a movement that some qualify as the biggest mobilisation in South Africa since the liberation from apartheid in 1994. Students marched all the way to\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">President Jacob Zuma&#8217;s office in Pretoria.\u00a0<\/span>Under pressure, Zuma held a press conference where he announced\u00a0that tuition fees will be reduced by 6% in 2016.\u00a0On the aftermath of this crisis, some wealthy families\u00a0have offered to help University of Cape Town students who cannot afford to pay their tuition bill.<\/p>\n<h2>Easing tensions<\/h2>\n<p>Max Price, the University of Cape Town\u00a0vice-chancellor, disclosed the measures taken to\u00a0ease tensions and find a way to solve problems. A deal between the University of Cape Town and the National Education Health and Allied Worker\u2019s Union was reached and the following services will be insourced: cleaning of residences (Metro), cleaning of university buildings (Supercare), catering in student residences (C3), grounds and gardening services (Turfworks), campus protection services (G4S) and student and staff transport services (Sibanye). This measure will provide full-time employment with benefits to 900 employees.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11191\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/CR7BoezUwAArnvh.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/CR7BoezUwAArnvh.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/CR7BoezUwAArnvh-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CR7BoezUwAArnvh.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Offering need-based aid<\/h2>\n<p>In addition, wealthy parents, alumni and corporates asked the university to set up a special fund to which they were willing to make tax-free donations. This fund will help provide need-based financial aid to the needy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been really happy to receive offers, many from the parents and families of wealthier students who understand the problems of funding higher education, who acknowledge that they can afford the fees that we charge [&#8230;] They are saying they are willing to pay the increases in order to ensure that other people have better access and that the quality of education that we offer at UCT is preserved,\u201d Price said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/img_3446.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"701\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/img_3446.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/img_3446-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/img_3446-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionaid.org\/sites\/files\/actionaid\/imagecache\/637x425px\/image\/img_3446.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Finding long-term solutions<\/h2>\n<p>Price admitted that long-term and sustainable solutions also need to be adopted. Different options such as an income-based tuition fees are being explored.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We need to protect the poor. those who can afford these increases must pay. For me it means we cannot support the call for free university education for all but for only the poor,&#8221; Price told the press.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This statement seconds what Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande told Parliament&#8217;s higher education and training portfolio committee last week. Nzimande said that for the moment, the government&#8217;s policy was to provide free education only for the poor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11194\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/706x410q70Rebecca-Davis-Blade-in-hot-seat.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/706x410q70Rebecca-Davis-Blade-in-hot-seat.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/706x410q70Rebecca-Davis-Blade-in-hot-seat-600x349.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/706x410q70Rebecca-Davis-Blade-in-hot-seat-85x49.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/images\/resized_images\/706x410q70Rebecca-Davis-Blade-in-hot-seat.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/lebron-scholarships\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0LeBron James Is Going To Provide 2300 4-Year College Scholarships To The Youth.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past few weeks have been quite eventful\u00a0in South Africa. 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