National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS)
NSFAS Sets the Record Straight on Budget Constraints
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has cleared its name following claims circulating on…
Mass Student Eviction Threats After NSFAS Fails to Pay Private Accommodation Service Providers
Hundreds of students in several institutions of higher learning across the country are on edge…
Climbing the Glass Cliff: Why We Must Rally Behind Our New NSFAS Chairwoman
South Africa has a new chairwoman at the helm of the National Student Financial Aid…
UNISA Academic Dr Karen Stander Appointed New NSFAS Board Chairperson
The University of South Africa (UNISA) has described Dr Karen Stander’s appointment as chairperson of…
UKZN Student’s Life Ruined After Being Fraudulently Declared Dead To Claim Capitec Bank Funeral Policy
A 27-year-old University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) student from Durban has had her life turned upside down after she was fraudulently declared dead to cash out a funeral policy with Capitec Bank. Thandeka Majola only discovered that she was a walking dead woman on December 27, 2023, when she tried to transfer money to her Capitec account. When the transaction bounced, she went to her branch at Pinecrest in Pinetown to enquire about the matter. When she got there, the bank…
Wits, UFS Universities Return R800 Million In Unallocated Funds To NSFAS
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed two prominent South African universities’ payment of R800 million back to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The University of Witwatersrand (Wits) and the University of the Free State (UFS) paid the NSFAS R450 million and R438 million, respectively, following an investigation by the SIU. Kaizer Kganyago, spokesperson for the SIU, said on Friday, December 6, the funds repaid by Wits and UFS were unallocated from 2016 to 2021. These funds were…
Ramaphosa’s Tintswalo Narrative Backfires
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) has been met with criticism from South African political parties and social media users, who have expressed their skepticism towards his portrayal of a prosperous country. On Thursday, February 8, 2024, Ramaphosa delivered his final SONA for the sixth parliament but delivered what detractors called an ANC re-election campaign. Using a metaphorical approach, Ramaphosa shared the fictional story of Tintswalo, who was born in 1994 and experienced the positive effects of…
NSFAS Defends Direct Payment System After Student Protests
Following a week of violent protests involving students from various universities nationwide, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has come out in defence of its newly introduced eZaga direct payment system. Last week, students from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), the University of Limpopo, and the University of Venda protested outside the offices of the Department of Higher Education and Training in Pretoria, forcing police to disperse them using stun grenades and rubber bullets when the protest action…