Complex sentence: After several years of investigation and consultation, the government announced plans to radically restructure higher education through mergers and incorporations that was completed by January 2005 and created 22 institutions out of an existing 36 universities and technikons.
Split into simpler sentences: After several years of investigation and consultation, the government announced plans to radically restructure higher education through mergers and incorporations. This was completed by January 2005 and created 22 institutions out of an existing 36 universities and technikons.