Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela says South Africa must urgently adapt its education and training system to artificial intelligence, automation and digital transformation…
While management at Stellenbosch University projected stability and excellence, students, auditors and internal oversight bodies warned of chronic debt, unsafe housing, National…
The National Student Aid Scheme insisted it had fully funded his studies, despite suggestions to the contrary from student leaders
A transformative approach is needed to improve management processes and teaching outcomes, making institutions more efficient and graduates more employable
The technology’s unalterable digital trail would reduce fiscal leaks and prevent large-scale corruption draining the public purse
Protests over accommodation shortfalls have taken place at the University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Nelson Mandela University
Students are appealing for intervention from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and the respective universities
The minister said detractors have celebrated the reputational damage to the student funding scheme, his department and the government.
The troubled student financial aid scheme will be placed under administration
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has blamed the University of Johannesburg for a financial error that reduced student allowances
The student financial aid scheme’s board has rejected calls by students demanding that their accommodation allowances be paid to them directly
The civil rights organisation says students have been asking it to intervene and warned if the crisis was not resolved fast, they would have no option but to protest
The student aid scheme has in the past received qualified audit opinions, but most recently received an adverse opinion because of shambolic internal controls This content is…
The financial aid scheme did not take steps to ensure a settlement between the funds paid to higher education institutions and the allocation of those funds to students
Access to the missing middle should be celebrated, but it is only one step in what looks to be a long journey for the higher education system This content is restricted to…
Minister’s statement comes amid kickback allegations against himself and the fund’s chairperson
The student funding scheme has accused the civil rights organisation of veering into politics and, like the minister, has threatened legal action
The taxpayer-funded scheme has accused the civil rights organisation of veering into politics and, with the higher education minister, has threatened legal action
Police are investigating a case of public violence after the William O’Brien building on the Pietermaritzburg campus was set on fire
National Student Financial Aid Scheme implements new system to streamline financial support and root out fraudulent payments while thousands are awaiting for allowances
