RECENTLY, the outgoing president of South Africa Jacob Zuma announced free education for the poor and working class students in his country. The announcement came as the National Treasury and economists cautioned that this populist move would jeopardise the country’s financial state.
A few months before this, President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines sanctioned free education for state colleges and universities in his country despite receiving similar warnings from his economic advisers.
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