FundiHealth: quality healthcare now accessible for students
FinanceHigher education sector November 3, 2025
Fundi, South Africa’s leading education finance and student solutions provider, has launched FundiHealth: a healthcare platform designed to meet the unique needs of students, young professionals and organisations committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of their people. As part of its digital transformation and enablement strategy, Fundi has... Read more
Private universities can now be called universities
Higher education sectorThe Independent Institute of Education October 20, 2025
In a landmark development for South Africa’s tertiary education landscape, the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has officially gazetted the Policy for the Recognition of South African Higher Education Institutional Types (Government Gazette No. 53515, 17 October 2025). This pivotal policy reform allows private higher education institutions... Read more
Universities’ duty in the student mental health crisis
Higher Health October 20, 2025
The growing prevalence of mental health challenges among students in higher education has become one of the most urgent social and institutional issues of our time. Across South Africa, university students are navigating complex academic, emotional, and financial pressures that can severely impact their well-being. Universities have a duty... Read more
Higher education institutions worldwide are currently facing a critical period in their existence. They have to redefine their value proposition to a cohort of students who are not only digital natives but have grown up in an environment where the pace of technological change is quicker than ever before... Read more
GBV interventions at higher learning institutions yield positive results
Higher education sectorIssues March 10, 2023
Anti-gender-based violence interventions have yielded positive results at higher learning institutions with over 700 000 students currently linked to health, wellness and psychosocial support and care services. This has been made possible through HIGHER HEALTH’s toll-free helpline 24/7 toll-free crisis helpline 0800 36 36 36. This was highlighted by... Read more
Help for tertiary institutions as the year gets earnestly underway
Higher education sector February 24, 2023
Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, is setting in motion the wheels to ensure a successful academic year. Nzimande on Friday said the department has implemented new monitoring tools and strategies to overcome the bottlenecks that usually affect the Post School Education and Training (PSET) system at... Read more
Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, says his ministry implementing measures to close the gender gap within this sector. Nzimande said there are a number of women graduates outperforming their male counterparts in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, regardless of the high number... Read more
Student unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic have seen increased enrolment at private higher education institutions writes MANCOSA academic Calvin Paltooram. Student enrolment at private higher education institutions in South Africa has more than doubled in recent years, with demand further increasing owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been... Read more
