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President Jacob Zuma has established a ministerial task team to assist the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande, to normalise the situation at higher education institutions across South Africa.

President Jacob Zuma sent his good wishes to all teachers in South Africa as they celebrate World Teachers’ Day.

Government is meeting with stakeholders on Monday to seek a solution to the situation in higher education and resume the 2016 academic programme.

President Jacob Zuma has called for calm and restraint at all higher education campuses across the country.

Cabinet has appealed to protesting students to be guided by the Constitution and not violate the rights of others when they raise their call for free education at institutions of higher learning.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has called on all stakeholders to give the Presidential Commission, which was set up to look into fees for tertiary education, space to conclude its work.

The US Embassy in Pretoria is inviting interested South African candidates to apply for the 2017 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship.

Higher Education Deputy Minister Mduduzi Manana has condemned the destruction of property during recent protests at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

The Official Memorial Service for the late Former Sport and Recreation Minister, Reverend Makhenkesi Stofile, is being held at the Abbotsford Christian Centre in East London in the Eastern Cape today.

President Jacob Zuma has commended Team South Africa’s performance at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil.