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NSFAS board chairperson Ernest Khosa. (OJ Koloti, Gallo Images)
ANDILE NONGOGO

NSFAS denies crisis after thousands of students aren’t paid

The South African Union of Students claims the financial aid scheme is close to collapse after its failure to pay stipends to over 70 000 students since May

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
The minister said detractors have celebrated the reputational damage to the student funding scheme, his department and the government
BLADE NZIMANDE

Cabinet to receive proposal on university student funding by June

Amid a continued national shutdown of universities, Blade Nzimande told parliament that government was collecting data of students’ historical debt

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read
Most teachers attempt to grade objectively but many students feel it is unfair. Photo: File
ANDILE NONGONGO

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…

  • Bongekile Macupe
5 min read
Students from the University of the Witwatersrand give a hero’s welcome to one of the protesters released from the Hillbrow police station.
EFF

Students demand Jacob Zuma’s commitment

Student unions have rejected the ministerial task team, saying they want to speak to the president.

  • Prega Govender
6 min read
Bulawayo’s economic slump has resulted in live music no longer being played at venues such as a municipality beer garden in Matshobana township, Bulawayo. Photo: Zinyange Auntony
FEES MUST FALL
Video

#FeesMustFallReloaded: Mass meetings, a possible shutdown and a lot of debate

SRCs have been removed from Fees Must Fall movements after rumours surfaced that the Progressive Youth Alliance had taken a R40 000 bribe.

  • Raeesa Pather
5 min read