National Students Financial Aid Scheme

Thousands of students still fail to take up Nsfas funding

Education Bongekile Macupe - 16 Jan 2020

The financial scheme assisting those in higher learning institutions says it is ready for the year ahead, but many don’t know that they qualify

Nsfas employees defraud students of their funds

Article Bongekile Macupe - 15 Nov 2019

One staff member was arrested last month for fraud amounting to just over R30 0000

Carolissen turns NSFAS around in six months

Article Bongekile Macupe - 8 Mar 2019

Sars executive brought in experts to sort out the shambles he found institute in

Student fatally shot in DUT protests

Article Gemma Ritchie - 5 Feb 2019

The student was injured during protests at DUT Steve Biko campus and later died in hospital

NSFAS receives 400 000 new funding applications

Article Jenni Evans - 4 Dec 2018

The budget is expected to increase next year to R32-billion to fund about 400 920 TVET students and 377 050 university students

The youth want rapid change, and voting is one way to achieve it

Article Aaisha Dadi Patel - 26 Oct 2018

The 2019 election marks the first time that young people will constitute the highest number of voters in South Africa, giving them plenty of power

Former NSFAS CEO Steven Zwane: ‘I was not fired’

Article Agency - 6 Oct 2018

On Friday, Zwane, the CEO of NSFAS, resigned on the first day of his disciplinary hearing

NSFAS applications for 2019 to open on Monday — Pandor

Article bogdan TagDiv - 30 Aug 2018

Students have been urged to sign outstanding NSFAS bursary agreements to ensure that their 2019 application proceeds smoothly

NSFAS CEO suspended with immediate effect

Article Kiri Rupiah - 28 Aug 2018

Steven Zwane’s suspension is amid allegations of maladministration at the student aid scheme

NSFAS board dissolved as Carolissen steps in

Article Gemma Ritchie - 21 Aug 2018

Dr Randall Carolissen’s duties include overseeing the opening of the 2019 application process and 'all necessary' forensic investigations

Sars group executive appointed to NSFAS

Article Tehillah Nieselow - 17 Aug 2018

Dr Randall Carolissen will serve as an administrator of NSFAS for a period of one year

NSFAS chair Sizwe Nxasana resigns after ‘extreme strain’ on the payments system

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 Aug 2018

The National Students’ Financial Aid Scheme came under fire after Naledi Pandor instructed the institution to halt funding for 2019 students

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