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Manamela’s digital bet: Can SA’s higher education system survive the revolution under way?
Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela says South Africa must urgently adapt its education and training system to artificial intelligence, automation and digital transformation…
Parliament probes Stellenbosch University as cracks in system show
While management at Stellenbosch University projected stability and excellence, students, auditors and internal oversight bodies warned of chronic debt, unsafe housing, National…
Universities South Africa sounds alarm on rising campus governance risks
Several universities are facing deepening governance crises marked by institutional capture, leadership instability and weakened accountability systems, say higher education…
Is state capture metamorphosing into higher education capture?
For all we know, the higher education sector might even have some senior managers who aid and abet institutional capture, just like the Madlanga Commission has outed some…
New NPA boss Mothibi in hot seat
Incoming NDPP lauded for his anti-corruption record as head of the SIU while critics see red
NSFAS receives nearly 900 000 applications, with women making up 66%
The student financial aid scheme said its appeals process would be open until 14 January
Durban university denies student jumped to his death over funding
The National Student Aid Scheme insisted it had fully funded his studies, despite suggestions to the contrary from student leaders
How blockchain could end public sector fraud
The technology’s unalterable digital trail would reduce fiscal leaks and prevent large-scale corruption draining the public purse
Financial exclusion: A call for Fees Must Fall 2.0?
Protests over accommodation shortfalls have taken place at the University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Nelson Mandela University
NSFAS accommodation woes continue with landlords demanding ‘top-up’ fees
Students are appealing for intervention from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and the respective universities
NSFAS commended for terminating contracts of controversial payment providers
A new student allowance payment mechanism for universities and colleges will be fully developed by September 2024
‘I will not resign,’ says Nzimande on NSFAS board dissolution
The minister said detractors have celebrated the reputational damage to the student funding scheme, his department and the government.
Nzimande dissolves NSFAS board with immediate effect
The troubled student financial aid scheme will be placed under administration
Student fund’s payment system under scrutiny again
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has blamed the University of Johannesburg for a financial error that reduced student allowances
NSFAS calls on education institutions to act as the middleman for payments
The student financial aid scheme’s board has rejected calls by students demanding that their accommodation allowances be paid to them directly