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Former Fees Must Fall leader Nompendulo Mkhatshwa slams university bosses for poor negotiation skills during student protests

Pretoria – Former Fees Must Fall leader Nompendulo Mkhatshwa, who now chairs parliament’s portfolio committee on higher education, science and innovation, has criticised vice-chancellors at universities for how they are handling negotiations during student protests.

Mkhatshwa was a prominent leader of the #FeesMustFall movement in 2015/16, and was also the president of the Wits SRC when the historic fee protests erupted at the time.

She is now an ANC MP heading up the higher education portfolio committee.

Mkhatshwa told Newzroom Afrika that following protests in several universities,…

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