Question NW335 to the Minister of Higher Education and Training
14 March 2016 - NW335
Cassim, Mr Y to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training
(a) What are the costs of damage caused to property at each affected university resulting from the student protests in 2015, and (b) from which university budgets will these be paid for in each case?
Reply:
(a) The table below provides details on the costs of damage at affected universities as a result of student protests. Reported incidents of campus unrest are for the period October 2015 - January 2016:
Institution |
Estimated cost of damage |
University of Stellenbosch |
R352 000.00 |
North West University |
R612 000.00 |
University of Limpopo |
R1 786 294.52 |
University of Johannesburg |
R345 000.00 |
University of the Western Cape |
R46 544 446.00 |
Walter Sisulu University |
R351 287.19 |
Tshwane University of Technology |
R5 073 747.73 |
University of KwaZulu-Natal |
R82 000 000.00 |
Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
R689 850.14 |
University of Cape Town |
R1 415 693.14 |
University of Zululand |
R4 500 000.00 |
Rhodes University |
R250 000.00 |
University of Witwatersrand |
R1 410 223.00 |
Total |
R145 330 541.72 |
There following universities submitted damage reports, but did not provide estimates on the costs of damage:
- University of South Africa;
- Central University of Technology;
- Durban University of Technology; and
- University of Fort Hare.
The following universities reported no incidents of damage on their campuses:
- University of the Free State;
- University of Pretoria;
- Vaal University of Technology;
- Mangosuthu University of Technology;
- University of Venda; and
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
(b) The cost of damages will be paid or recovered either through insurance claims or directly from a university’s operational budget.
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