The Restructuring of the Higher Education System in South Africa 

31 December 2002

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION 

SECTION 1:   

1.1 Context 
1.2 Guiding Principles and Benchmarks 
1.3 Process   

SECTION 2:

GENERAL ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

2.1 Regional Collaboration 
2.2 Universities and Technikons 
2.3 Incorporation of the College Sector 
2.4 Distance Education 
2.5 Satellite Campuses  

SECTION 3:

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REGIONAL RECONFIGURATION

3.1 Eastern Cape 
3.2 Free State 
3.3 Gauteng 
3.4 KwaZulu-Natal 
3.5 Northern Province 
3.6 North West 
3.7 Western Cape

SECTION 4: 

CONCLUSION: IMPLEMENTING THE PROPOSALS

APPENDICES  

1. National Working Group: Terms of Reference     
2. Working Paper on Guiding Principles
3. Description of Indicators and Benchmarks
4. Documents Consulted
5. Critical Issues for Consideration which Fall Outside the Terms of Reference of the NWG