INTRODUCTION The recent announcement by NSFAS to temporarily halt the Direct Payment System has been received by revolutionary students with a warm reception. However, this major victory in the broad scheme of things sets the stage for an even bigger victory, the fall of neoliberalism in the sector of Higher Education. The time is ripe; however, the subjective conditions still play a role in the ebb and flow of the revolution. It has been proven from time to time in the history of South Africa that revolutionary swings start in centres of education be it in high schools (Soweto uprisings) or in institutions of higher learning (#RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall). The objective conditions in the sector favour mass uprisings due to the objective failure of the NSFAS Accommodation Pilot Project and the looming introduction of a SANTACO-NSFAS shuttle service. The objective reality is that the freshly minted GNU will continue to maintain the neoliberal character of the system, while ...
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