The technology’s unalterable digital trail would reduce fiscal leaks and prevent large-scale corruption draining the public purse
Protests over accommodation shortfalls have taken place at the University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Nelson Mandela University
Students are appealing for intervention from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and the respective universities
The minister said detractors have celebrated the reputational damage to the student funding scheme, his department and the government.
The troubled student financial aid scheme will be placed under administration
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has blamed the University of Johannesburg for a financial error that reduced student allowances
The student financial aid scheme’s board has rejected calls by students demanding that their accommodation allowances be paid to them directly
The civil rights organisation says students have been asking it to intervene and warned if the crisis was not resolved fast, they would have no option but to protest
The student aid scheme has in the past received qualified audit opinions, but most recently received an adverse opinion because of shambolic internal controls
The financial aid scheme did not take steps to ensure a settlement between the funds paid to higher education institutions and the allocation of those funds to students
Access to the missing middle should be celebrated, but it is only one step in what looks to be a long journey for the higher education system
Minister’s statement comes amid kickback allegations against himself and the fund’s chairperson
The student funding scheme has accused the civil rights organisation of veering into politics and, like the minister, has threatened legal action
The taxpayer-funded scheme has accused the civil rights organisation of veering into politics and, with the higher education minister, has threatened legal action
Police are investigating a case of public violence after the William O’Brien building on the Pietermaritzburg campus was set on fire
National Student Financial Aid Scheme implements new system to streamline financial support and root out fraudulent payments while thousands are awaiting for allowances
Those in power have learnt very little from the past and will continue to cling to the capricious hope that somehow the problem will go away
Their demands and the reactions they solicit no longer match those of 2015’s #FeesMustFall – students need an actionable plan, funds, accommodation
The #FeesMustFall protests demonstrated the burden of higher education in South Africa, a concept institutions contend with annually
The NSFAS accommodation cap and other concerns will be discussed by task force comprising the department of higher education and training, Usaf and vice-chancellors
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Students were told that the scheme would no longer fund them and that they were also liable for 2020 fees and all other study costs
Thousands of students, who owe billions of rands in outstanding fees to universities, can’t get their qualification certificates and so can’t get jobs
Vice-chancellors tell parliament that there needs to be a lasting national solution to the funding issues as they cannot deal with them on their own
The cops accused of killing Mthokozisi Ntumba during the Wits student protests last week will spend another week in custody as the NPA opposes bail
Every single year we have the same conversation about students protesting about registration problems at universities and police brutality. The two ministers are clearly inept
Nzimande’s last-minute scramble to find funding for students has not stopped them from mobilising for a nationwide shutdown.
Funds will be diverted from the higher education department to help cover the NSFAS shortfall
Sources say the party’s top six are concerned the protests at Wits University could intensify into a fiery student movement, much like #FeesMustFall
The man was shot as police clashed with Wits students in Braamfontein. The protesters are demanding that no students be financially excluded
About 50 Wits students are blocking De Beer Street in Braamfontein, where a man was shot and killed by police during a student protest