The historically high cost of tertiary education in South Africa

Estian Calitz and Johan Fourie

No 02/2016, Working Papers from Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics

Abstract: The #FeesMustFall-campaign’s main objection was against the high and rising tuition fees of higher education in South Africa. This short note investigates this assertion from a historical perspective: Are university fees more expensive than a decade or a century ago? We document historical tuition fees at one of South Africa’s premier universities – Stellenbosch University. The answer is an unequivocal yes.

Keywords: South Africa; tertiary education; university; protests; budget; public economics; fiscal spending (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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