title: Zuma says South Africa's free higher education to be done in a fiscally sustainable manner
text: JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa s government plan to offer free higher education for students from poor and working class households will be implemented in a  fiscally sustainable manner , President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday. Following a recommendation by a commission on higher education funding, Zuma said the government will increase subsidies to universities to 1 percent of gross domestic product over the next five years from nearly 0.7 percent at present.  