Abstract:
The article focuses on intergovernmental relations in the higher education sector
in South Africa and is motivated by the rising need to assess the role that the
South African higher education sector plays in promoting the state’s long term
developmental goals. To achieve these goals a strong, effective and efficient system of
intergovernmental relations is needed among the Department of Higher Education
and Training, higher education institutions, the Council on Higher Education (CHE)
and Higher Education South Africa (HESA). The article analyses the environment
within which intergovernmental relations takes place in the higher education
sector and explains the composition, role and functions of stakeholders involved in
intergovernmental relations in the South African higher education sector.
