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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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Sasco meets with ANC and some ministers to find solutions to the student protests

The South African Students Congress (Sasco) says it has been meeting with leaders of the governing African National Congress (ANC) and some government ministers to try and find an amicable solution to the ongoing student protests. Students have been calling for free higher education. They also want students to be allowed to register even if they have historical debt. Sasco Treasurer-General Thabile Dlamini says they feel the ANC is not […]

today16 March 2021

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Sasco eager to hear Gigaba’s plan on free education

Student body, South African Students Congress (Sasco) says it’s eagerly waiting to hear how the finance minister is going to allocate the funding for higher education on his budget speech on Wednesday afternoon. Former President, Jacob Zuma announced in December that the government would subsidise higher education for poor and working class students despite an inquiry finding this was not feasible. Zuma said the subsidies would be phased in over […]

today21 February 2018

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Fees Commission Report in summary

The Presidency at midday on Monday released the much anticipated Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Feasibility of Making High Education and Training Fee-free in South Africa. While the report disappointed some groups calling for complete free tertiary education it, however, spoke to the need for increased training funding, with particular attention to the Post School Education and Training Sector (PSET) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training […]

today13 November 2017

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