Signs do not suggest a promising start to varsity year

Congratulations to all matriculants who made the criteria for university admission. But the omens for a good start to the academic year are not good.

A president who has promised free tertiary education, and the EFF asking all and sundry to report to university campuses, are a recipe for chaos.

Student riots are not good for our country; they hold back progress.

One can only hope that sanity will prevail and the varsities will be left to get on with teaching.

Paks Pakiriy, Durban North