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Education advocate warns against deceptive registration fee requests

Parents and guardians have been warned to be on the lookout for deceptive registration fee requests. The public is advised to exercise caution and educate themselves about the registration fee policy for students funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). This as higher education institutions prepare to start the 2025 academic year this month. According to education activist Hendrick Makaneta, the program pays for all the registration costs […]

today3 February 2025

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OUTA accuses NSFAS of monopolising student accommodation amid looming unrest

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse warns of a looming student accommodation crisis as the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) owes R44 million to providers. The Private Student Housing Association, housing 80 thousand students, has threatened to block returning students if payments are not made within two weeks. OUTA’s Rudie Heyneke blames the scheme’s mismanagement, including a flawed portal and delayed payments, for putting students and landlords at risk. “Just […]

today23 January 2025

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Parliament’s committee urges NSFAS to ensure all 2025 funding applications are processed accurately

The Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education is urging the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to ensure that this year’s funding applications are processed accurately, allowing only eligible students to receive support. The committee’s chairperson, Tebogo Letsie, also expressed concerns regarding the delayed release of the 2024 matric results, warning that this could disrupt the start of the academic year. “We have observed the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) actively […]

today17 January 2025

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NSFAS to disburse outstanding student allowances tomorrow

The National Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it will start to disburse outstanding student allowances tomorrow. NSFAS has given the assurance that the dissolution of its Board will not affect its payment of allowances to students. This comes after Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande put the scheme under administration and dissolved its Board on Thursday. Nzimande’s action followed the resignation of the chairperson of the NSFAS Board Ernest Khosa. The action […]

today13 April 2024

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SASCO wants NSFAS payments to be handled by universities

South African Students Congress (SASCO) has called for the cancellation of the National Student Financial Scheme (NSFAS) direct payment system, which was introduced in 2022, involving four companies facilitating the payment of student allowances. It says the payment of allowances to students should be managed by NSFAS internally without a third party being involved. Several students in various institutions of Higher Education across the country marched to the High Education […]

today13 April 2024

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OUTA calls for resignation of Higher Education Minister, following damning report

By Ragheema Mclean Last week, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) released an investigative report, accompanied by two leaked recordings, which claim that the Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande, the National Student Financial Aid (NSFAS) Board Chairperson, Ernest Khosa, as well as the South African Communist Party (SACP), received kickbacks. These kickbacks are related to the awarding of a lucrative tender to facilitate the direct NSFAS allowance payment system. The […]

today9 January 2024

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20 000 students to still receive 2023 NSFAS allowances

By Ragheema Mclean The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has said in recent weeks that they are working on disbursing outstanding allowances as many students have been left destitute after not receiving their allowances for 2023. NSFAS is yet to pay around 20 000 students their allowances with the financial aid scheme explaining, "These unresolved cases of disbursements requires further input and consultation with institutions". According to the bursary […]

today3 January 2024

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“We are working tirelessly to resolve student allowance payment challenges” – says NSFAS

By Ragheema Mclean The funding provided by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is a crucial component of the academic journey of millions of students across the country. However, challenges facing the scheme could be detrimental for vulnerable students. The government’s bursary scheme has once again received backlash from several stakeholders regarding student allowance payment delays for the month of November 2023. NSFAS provides students with various allowances each […]

today8 November 2023

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NSFAS CEO fired over student payment irregularities

By Kouthar Sambo The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) board has dismissed the scheme’s CEO, Andile Nongogo, amidst a scandal involving R47-billion-rand in payments. This comes after an investigation uncovered several irregularities, including Nongogo's selection of four companies to make direct payments to approximately 1.1 million students, bypassing the usual route through tertiary institutions. Speaking on VOC's Drive Time show on Tuesday, Investigations Manager at the Organization Undoing Tax […]

today25 October 2023

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