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Growing: Outgoing Telkom chief executive Sipho Maseko leaves behind a stronger telecommunications company, having largely completed the  move from voice and fixed-line to mobile.  (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty)

Telkom’s long game bears fruit

The partly state-owned firm has battled the odds to become the third-biggest mobile operator in SA

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

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

Whoever gets to serve in these critical positions, whoever gets to put up their hand to serve on the board, must never lose sight of how important an institution NSFAS is. (John McCann/M&G)

The student funding scheme changes lives – it’s too important to fail

We need a NSFAS that is run effectively and efficiently to serve poor and working class young people who want to change their lives through education.

Since the inception of its pilot programme in 2017, ISFAP has shown remarkable growth.

Code 300: a game changer for the missing middle

Launched in 2017 to solve the funding challenge faced by the ‘missing middle’ students, ISFAP provides students the funding for their studies.

Powerhouse: Judy Dlamini has a string of degrees behind her name, as well as a number of companies. But it is education, school and tertiary, that is very important to her. (Supplied by Judy Dlamini)

What drives Judy Dlamini’s success

She credits her parents and their work ethic for the person she has become and she encourages others to follow suit

Wathinta umfazi: ANC Women’s League secretary general Meokgo Matuba says the league will push hard to get women into positions of power. (Delwyn Verasamy)

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

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

NSFAS follows Zuma’s new plan – but with caution

How will the body deal with the president’s surprise announcement?

Wathinta umfazi: ANC Women’s League secretary general Meokgo Matuba says the league will push hard to get women into positions of power. (Delwyn Verasamy)

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.

Creative: Pupils at schools such as Future Nation in Johannesburg are prepared for a changing world.

Ivy League schools fail black parents’ grade

Two mothers say their choice schools encourage pupils to embrace their indivuality and culture

Can Sizwe Nxasana change the fortunes of NSFAS?

Blade Nzimande has appointed the outgoing FirstRand chief executive to chair the board of the struggling student bursary scheme for four years.

The panel at the CSI That Works corporate-interest breakfast consisted of Lisa Vetten

Slow response to gender-based violence

The debate about gender-based violence is easily obscured by statistics, as horrifying as they may be.

FirstRand considers expansion into Kenya

The financial services provider hopes to restart its expansion plans into the African continent and says this time Kenya could be the place to begin.

FNB cowardly to capitulate to ANC

As the storm over the disastrous FNB ad campaign blows over, it’s important to examine its implications for SA as a budding democratic society.

Motshekga ‘disappointed’ over FNB ad SMS leak

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says she is disappointed that an SMS between her and Firstrand chief executive Sizwe Nxasana has been leaked.

Will the banks get a new boss?

Finance Minister Gordhan is weighing the possibility of a new independent regulator for South Africa’s banks.

FirstRand appoints Nxasana as group CEO

FirstRand has appointed Sizwe Nxasana, head of its core banking unit and a former chief of telecoms firm Telkom, as its new chief executive.