Africa Check took a closer look at some of the claims made during the debate on the State of the Nation Address. Which MPs got their facts right? And who needs to do more homework?
achieved a “bachelor’s pass”, the minimum standard required for admission to a university bachelor’s degree programme.
Malema and Shivambu were both incorrect when they claimed that “almost 1 million” students wrote their matric exams in 2022.Bayanda Mzoneli, head of office for the deputy minister of higher education, science and technology, told Africa Check that Manamela did not disagree with Malema about the number of positions available for recent graduates. The deputy minister only meant to argue that overall university enrolment had increased since 1994, he said.
Manamela is mostly correct when he says that “enrolments at universities have reached almost 1.2 million students”. This is in line with data provided by the current minister of higher education, science and innovation,
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