NSFAS board dissolved as Carolissen steps in
Dr Randall Carolissen’s duties include overseeing the opening of the 2019 application process and ‘all necessary’ forensic investigations
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Sars group executive appointed to NSFAS
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
The National Students’ Financial Aid Scheme came under fire after Naledi Pandor instructed the institution to halt funding for 2019 students
NSFAS big spender to have her day in court
Sibongile Mani was asked to hand herself over to the Hawks office where she was then arrested
Payment delays anger students
Nearly half of those who qualify for funding are affected but the financial aid scheme blames institutions for being tardy
Market affects students’ lives
The state should intervene and rezone suburbs to lower property prices and rent
Free State university decries financial exclusion article
UFS has rejected the perception created by Thato Rossouw in ‘The cold shadow of exclusion’
Government making strides in fee-free tertiary education drive
The progress of free education is off to a good start, but there are still issues that need to be dealt with
Classes suspended as students, university security clash at UKZN
The academic programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal has been suspended following violent clashes between campus security and students
Class and social capital affect university students
People’s experiences of accessing and succeeding in higher education are affected by their social standing
Fee-free education isn’t enough
For funders of tertiary education, ensuring students graduate does not end when fees fall
Fallists ponder sustainable higher education
Although analysts and activists agree that fee-free higher education is a milestone achievement, they’ve raised concerns about the future
NSFAS workers on strike for higher wages
About 200 employees claimed management had failed to meet their demands of higher minimum salaries and permanent employment for workers on contract
What’s on the cards for 2018?
Expect to fork out for budget shortfalls, free education and Eskom, but interest rates, fuel and food could provide some relief
NSFAS follows Zuma’s new plan – but with caution
How will the body deal with the president’s surprise announcement?
Treasury yet to find the billions to fund #FeesMustFall
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s budget speech revealed the treasury’s inability to fund the full cost of free higher education
Kgomotso Neto Tleane: Capturing the beauty of and in us
Kgomotso Neto Tleane’s photographs carve a revisionist path of his experience of Johannesburg.
Place of learning is a female fear factory
Unless the middle management at Nelson Mandela University changes, poor, black women students will remain threatened
Student fund gets a human face
Steven Zwane is the scheme’s new boss and wants buy-in to support the business of helping students
Postgrads urgently need funding
The financing of undergraduate degrees but not postgraduate is short-sighted and counterproductive
Letters to the editor: September 8 to 14 2017
Readers write in about anti-Semitism, sexism, and corruption
Service provider to take ‘legal action’ against R14m student
It was confirmed today that a NSFAS recipient was mistakenly paid R14-million instead of the allocated R1 400 for food allowance.
WSU student accidentally receives R14m NSFAS deposit
The student had reported it to the university, but had allegedly spent R500 000 of it in the past five months.
Here’s #HowToPayTheFees
Funding models have emerged to address higher education costs
NSFAS assistance is a debt trap, students claim
Many students continue to rely on NSFAS for financial support but some believe it is not the best platform
Increasing student aid includes rethinking curriculums
The gazette proposes a “blueprint” for funding the full costs of study for the very poor, the poor and the missing middle.
Letters to the editor: January 6 to 12 2017
Readers write about report card missteps and the Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme
Student aid funding scheme may have a new future
A new university fees scheme proposes a government and private sector partnership.
Hope can calm student ‘tantrums’
The protesters’ frustrations are not unwarranted and a government commitment is required.
Are student loans the only answer?
Fee-free higher education could cost as much as an additional R71-billion a year
Blade Nzimande’s R1bn varsity debt
Institutions enrolled students in good faith as they awaited funding — which has yet to materialise.
Sars tracks down student loan defaulter who owes R217 496
Senior government staff and company directors are a significant portion of those who have not repaid their loans.