‘The statement is a combination of populist politicking, deceptive language, uncosted proposals, and one positively dangerous assertion,’ DA spokeswoman Belinda Bozzoli.
FILE PICTURE: Students of various institutions and organisations during a protest. Picture: Christine Vermooten
The announcement by President Jacob Zuma that government will introduce fully subsidised free higher education and training for poor and working-class undergraduate students, while welcomed, is completely uncosted and therefore must be seen for what it is, playing politics with the hopes and futures of millions of young people, the Democratic Alliance said on Saturday, The Citizen reports.
“The statement is a combination of populist politicking, deceptive language, uncosted proposals, and one positively dangerous assertion,” DA spokeswoman Belinda Bozzoli said.
Zuma waited until the very end of the year so that he could make a splash at the African National Congress elective conference, while students, their families, and the institutions they wished to attend anxiously awaited news.
