Education activist says Manamela’s elevation to Higher Education minister is well deserved [SOUND]

# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, has welcomed the appointment of Buti Manamela as the new minister of Higher Education and Training. His appointment follows the firing of Nobuhle Nkabane over controversy over the Sector Education and Training Authorities board appointments. Makaneta says Manamela is no stranger to the terrain of Higher Education, having served as the deputy minister, and spent his student days fighting academic and financial exclusions: