Higher education minister says NSFAS is experiencing a funding shortfall and has requested that universities extend their registration period
Thousands of students are anxiously awaiting for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to respond to their funding applications as registration at institutions draws to a close
The new leaders of the student funding scheme inherit years of instability and poor financial records
Nehawu wants the scheme’s administrator, Randall Carolissen, to be removed
Alumni can play a pivotal role in their alma mater’s long-term success and sustainability
A decade of reconstruction looms post-Covid. This is our chance to restructure the economy to build a more inclusive one
Higher education minister expands the allowance for who can be on campus, but numbers cannot be more than a third of the student population
The university is implementing plans to ensure that no student is left behind during the pandemic
Fifty years after matriculating, a 67-year-old has become the oldest-ever first-year student to study at Rhodes University
Despite a court order, the education system is failing learners who do not have documents, both those born here and those from other countries
For the second time in a week, the Tshwane university has suspended its activities
We have been here before. This is what happens when you don’t resolve an issue
University operations are expected to return to normal on Monday
The university’s campuses across the country remain closed on Thursday after negotiations end in stalemate
This, an interview with radio personality Xolani Gwala, is the first in a series of profiles that will be a regular feature in the M&G
Funding fee-free university education will come at a cost
The online system can assist with the placement of students, who did not apply to any university because of funding, but who now qualify.
Zuma announced in December that free education would be provided for poor and working class first-year students starting this year.
Heher says technical and vocational training colleges must become first-choice institutions
Slashing spending and upping taxes may help plug the budget shortfall and pay for higher education
Some students say that NPO Numeric has an illegitimate relationship with bursary scheme Funza Lushaka, as it uses student bursaries to fund itself.
Weak spots and glitches in the financial scheme’s Sbux system are putting student funds in jeopardy.
Mduduzi Manana believes his fellow Cabinet members can and should help pay for student fees.
A graduate says he can’t get a decent job because the university withheld his certificate over debt.
The responsibility for funding higher education and training cannot be a government responsibility alone.
Students claim they didn’t get certificates after the funding agency failed to pay their fees.
Sasco denies being compromised by its links with the ANC as dissidents plan a breakaway grouping.
Acting vice-chancellor bends the rules to readmit 5 000 needy students who faced exclusion.
Student protests continued after NSFAS announced it did not have sufficient funds to assist all qualifying students at South Africa’s universities.
A shortfall in financial aid means the doors of academia will be closed to scores of candidates.
Drastic action is being taken to ensure South Africa does not run short of academics, says Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.
Students at Vaal University of Technology have not received food allocations because NSFAS had not provided the necessary funding, says management.