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…
Several universities are facing deepening governance crises marked by institutional capture, leadership instability and weakened accountability systems, say higher education…
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…
Incoming NDPP lauded for his anti-corruption record as head of the SIU while critics see red
The student financial aid scheme said its appeals process would be open until 14 January
The National Student Aid Scheme insisted it had fully funded his studies, despite suggestions to the contrary from student leaders
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
A new student allowance payment mechanism for universities and colleges will be fully developed by September 2024
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
Three days of protest because allowances are now paid directly to landlords
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 national chairperson has called on EFF delegates to nominate hard workers for party posts at the December elective conference This content is restricted to registered users…
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