Universities South Africa (USAf) notes, with serious concern, the recent article published by Daily Investor on 19 April 2026, titled “South Africa’s biggest universities are collapsing.”
The article makes sweeping and damaging claims, which, rather than contributing constructively to an informed public discourse, serve to undermine confidence in the public higher education system. Of particular concern is the manner in which the reputations of no fewer than ten public universities are impugned through unsubstantiated insinuations of mismanagement, corruption, institutional dysfunction, and poor governance. In the absence of credible evidence, such assertions are both irresponsible and prejudicial. Continue reading the full pdf press release here.