By Ofentse Mokae
05 September 2009
Higher Education and Training minister Dr Blade Nzimande has praised the University of the Free State for the progress it made increasing access for black students.
Nzimande was speaking at JN Boshoff Commemorative Lecture at the university’s main campus in Bloemfontein on Thursday night.
However, the minister also acknowledged that the UFS has failed in some respects to make important changes.
“The continued racial segregation of the hostels is something that is unacceptable 15 years after the introduction of a democratic order and has no doubt contributed to the kinds of attitudes that led to the notorious incident at the Reitz Hostel last year,” he said.
Nzimande said the head of the institution Prof Jonathan Jansen, has assured him that he will speed up this issue of residence integration and that he was confident he will do so successfully with the support of the overwhelming majority of the university community.
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