There is a past in which those applying for placement at tertiary education institutions had to play double Dutch with government entities. Applications were made separately to the Department of Student Placement and Welfare (renamed Department of Tertiary Education Funding) and the institutions that one wished to be enrolled at. In some instances, the sponsor would approve an application while an institution would reject it. The following year, the opposite would happen – the sponsor would reject an application and the institution approve it. On and on, this double Dutch game would go and some applicants would give up. Today that doesn’t happen because of better coordination between DTEF and institutions. However, a case at the Lobatse High Court reveals that some other state organs that should be coordinating their operations are still not doing so.
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