There has been a significant change in the higher education landscape for the country to be proud of. Improved participation rates and better access to young black students is a major achievement of higher education in the last 16 years. However, in general, transformation in the sector has been limited. This has been observed by the committee through its engagement with various HEI's even the ones visited during this oversight visit. The common excuse that has been highlighted to the committee is that black academics were fleeing the sector due to its environment and its remuneration challenges. One of the main findings during the oversight was that graduation rates were still skewed among black and coloured students and this concerned the committee as there was little achieved to addressing this challenge at both the level of HEI's and the department. The merger process has not yet been measurable as many merged institutions were still finding their identity and common objectives. Political tensions among student leadership bodies have been a significant challenge among the historically disadvantaged institutions mainly due to the violation of the SRCs' constitutions and a lack of adequate leadership from the management of the institutions during the SRC election periods.