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Nchara:
In the USA, no postgraduate student pays their own tuition fee
You either get a teaching/research assistant or you get a full scholarship

Nchara:
Again, on her son. With such pedigree, he was definitely on scholarships

LagosShia:
this isn't an issue of figurative and literal.this is a prophecy that is said to come to pass.

When she returned she tried to make-up with him so she prepared Ofe Nsala and pounded yam for him (so am told) which he ate cos its his best soup. She then gave him the nyashing of his life that night. The next morning, the guy told his parents that he is not interested in what they want to say

peziz:
Your story aint adding up one bit. Too many side and patched up stories included in the main issue. So Confused.:-/ Sister abeg!  nah u know the guy, nah u knw hw u go take resolve this issue.

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head

Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

10 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

umechuma:
It's the implications that will make people like to take Boko Haram seriously and also protest against those behind Boko Haram and not just against fuel subsidy.

"We must do everything possible for a community that simply doesn't have access to information," Prof Rensburg said.

However, in a hastily arranged press conference, South Africa's education minister said that the government was considering halting last-minute university applications after Tuesday's tragedy.

"It's something that we are seriously considering. We think that the price we are paying is too much," the minister, Blade Nzimande, said.

Adam Habib, another vice-chancellor at the university, said: "If we close it down, we close hope for the most desperate of people."

Even if black families can afford the fees, they may not have the culture of saving for university, or even the confidence that their child will make it.

"So when they do get the results, and realise they can afford it after all, they suddenly rush to see if they can get into university," he added.

The problem is not limited to Johannesburg. Further south, the University of KwaZulu-Natal had 60,000 applications for 9,000 undergraduate level places this year.

South Africa's universities are hugely oversubscribed, with more than 180,000 high school graduates failing to find a place this year.

The education minister has promised previously to increase the number of places but critics of the government point out a lack of action to match those words.

After the stampede and before the application process ended, I asked Phumzi, 22, from Soweto, if it was still worth the risk.

"I think it is worth it. It's my only chance," she said.

"I am even walking on my feet with no shoes. I lost them in the stampede but I'm not giving up."

The scene reveals the desperation of many South Africans to get an education.

In the past 24 hours, the university has taken 9,000 late applications, competing for around 800 places.

"I fell and lost my footing, I couldn't breathe," said one student, who did not want to give her name for fear of jeopardising her chances of a university place.


She was among other students who had been there all night queuing swapped stories of their experiences.

Showing us a mark on her cheek, she said: "I had someone tread on the side of my face. I was crying, completely not knowing what to do or how to get out."

Johannesburg police have confirmed 22 others were injured in the stampede. University officials say the application procedure has now closed.

These places were a vital lifeline for poor students, Prof Rensburg explained, as they do not receive help or advice on how to apply from a public school system which has very low expectations for its mainly black pupils.

Late applicants often come from areas where students are not expected to continue their education after high school and so may have missed the deadline.

Others do not expect to pass, so when they do, they rush to try for a place.