Higher education and training minister Buti Manamela.
GOVERNMENT PULLS THE PLUG ON STUDENT FUTURES as the Department of Higher Education and Training SHATTERS critical support system for desperate university applicants. In a MOVE THAT DEFIES LOGIC, minister Buti Manamela has TERMINATED the Central Applications Clearing House (CACH), the ONLY lifeline for tens of thousands of unplaced students, REPLACING it with an untested, all-encompassing portal called CAS.
This is NOT an upgrade—it’s a GAMBLE with an entire generation’s future. Critics are BLASTING the decision, warning that the abrupt shutdown of CACH during peak application season will create CHAOS and leave countless qualified young people STRANDED. The minister’s cold assurance that CAS will “progressively” improve pathways is a STAGGERING betrayal of urgency, revealing a bureaucracy MORE interested in CONTROL than in saving dreams.
Even MORE SHOCKING is the admission that “bogus colleges” are EXPLOITING this very transition, preying on the vulnerable students the government has just cut adrift. While officials warn students to be “vigilant,” they have SIMULTANEOUSLY dismantled a key safety net, creating the PERFECT hunting ground for scammers. This raises a DISTURBING question: is the state facilitating the very exploitation it claims to fight?
The nation’s youth are now forced to navigate a treacherous new digital maze, with their hopes reduced to a WhatsApp chatline. One colossal system FAILURE could derail hundreds of thousands of lives forever. The government has effectively outsourced the future of South Africa to an algorithm they haven’t proven works. Your child’s degree now depends on a glitch.
Author: Kayitsi.com
