Funding Strategy Group (FSG)

Members (2025):

• Professor Bismark Tyobeka — (Group Chairperson and Vice-Chancellor & Principal), North-West University
• Professor Stan du Plessis — Stellenbosch University
• Dr Remy Nnadozie — Rhodes University
• Ms Nolwazi Mamorare — University of Johannesburg
• Mr Pieter du Plessis — University of Zululand
• Dr Thelma Louw — University of South Africa
• Dr Phethiwe Matutu — Universities SA (ex officio member)

Priority focus areas for 2025

• Review of the long-term financial sustainability of the higher education sector considering income streams and efficiencies.
  • Sustainable financial support for students;
  • Funding for student accommodation and other university infrastructure
  • Development of a position paper and USAf guideline toward fee regulation.
• Shared services platform for the broader university sector. The Group will begin to conceptualise the shared services project.