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A group of students protesting the National Student Financial Aid Scheme.

Portfolio committee pins hope on new Nsfas boss and board to turn scheme around

The new leaders of the student funding scheme inherit years of instability and poor financial records

Most teachers attempt to grade objectively but many students feel it is unfair. Photo: File

Students to receive NSFAS laptops by March

Nearly a year after Nzimande announced that NSFAS beneficiaries would receive laptops as part of the interventions for Covid-19 at higher education institutions, the devices are…

Portfolio committee chairperson, Philemon Mapulane, told members that he had received a letter from Nehawu hours before the scheduled meeting saying the union’s national executive committee was attending another meeting.

Nehawu leaders are ‘betraying us’

The accusation by a branch of the union comes after it withdrew from a parliamentary process

Higher education, science and innovation minister Blade Nzimande. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Student funding scheme gets new chief executive and board

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has been under administration for two years after its board was dissolved and its boss resigned not even halfway through his term

Expert call: Randall Carolissen was seconded from the South African Revenue Service in August 2018 by then higher education minister Naledi Pandor. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

NSFAS’s woes do not help its mandate

Nehawu wants the scheme’s administrator, Randall Carolissen, to be removed

(Graphic by John McCann/M&G)

Thousands of students still fail to take up Nsfas funding

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

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has blamed the University of Johannesburg for a financial error that reduced student allowances. (Anthony Schultz/M&G)

Treasury slams excess cash on NSFAS books

At an institution like NFSAS, excess cash is not always a good thing

The Sars inquiry hearings were last held in June. (Gallo Images)

Sars inquiry resumes, three senior officials set to give evidence

The inquiry has a broad mandate to investigate issues of corporate governance and allegations of misconduct at the revenue collection agency

Randall Carollissen is currently the Group Executive: Revenue Planning, Analysis and Reporting at the South African Revenue Services. He is also the chair of the Council of the University of the Witwatersrand. (SABC)

Sars group executive appointed to NSFAS

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

The Sars inquiry hearings were last held in June. (Gallo Images)

Sars: Tough economic times undercut tax returns

Sars says despite tax policy reforms which were meant to increase revenue collection, the expected gains didn’t materialise due to a weak economy.