NSFAS has confirmed that it will release funds to higher education institutions and process student allowances on Friday, 8 April 2022.

The SA Union of Students says Sibongile Mani should be allowed to pay back the money like others who have committed the same crime.

Tweeps want Natasha Thahane’s scholarship investigated following the sentencing of NSFAS student Sibongile Mani on Wednesday.

Siv Ngesi, Mmusi Maimane, Ntsiki Mazwai and others have weighed in on Sibongile Mani’s five-year-sentence.

Sibongile Mani was sentenced to five years in prison this week. But philanthropist Malcolm X wants to settle the score with NSFAS.

NSFAS said the five-year prison term handed on Sibongile Mani could destroy her future and has taken issue with the decision to prosecute her

South Africans have called for a lesser or suspended sentence after Sibongile Mani was sentenced to 5 years direct imprisonment.

Sibongile Mani is still paying for her decision to splash the cash, after NSFAS erroneously deposited a whopping R14m into her account.

Teaching was halted on Monday at the Nelson Mandela University as students protested over registration issues due to non-clearance by NSFAS.

Walter Sisulu University student, Sibongile Mani who mistakenly received R14m by NSFAS was found guilty of theft.

NSFAS is short R10 billion this year and Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has some explaining to do…

NSFAS hopefuls are in luck after the body announced an extension for those seeking to obtain bursaries in 2022.

‘I”m touched that you did all that to pay your student fees’: one tweep of Slik Talk after his boxing match with Cassper Nyovest.

An NSFAS scam is lying about student allowance increases. It lures them to fake websites that requests personal information details.

The NSFAS board is giving registered students without funding a two-week period to apply for funding for the 2021 academic year.

NSFAS claims Yonwaba Manyanya, a student who allegedly died from fatigue and hunger, had not been a registered recipient for 2021

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) confirmed that a total of 1 263 671 students have been assessed as eligible for funding.

As desperate and deserving students fight for their funding, forensic investigations have revealed fraudulent and corrupt activities at NSFAS.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a proclamation authorising the SIU to investigate allegations of NSFAS bursary corruption.

All five DUT campuses will remain closed until further notice but online registration for new students has been extended.

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation has defended his comments about the ‘soap opera’ like NSFAS student protests.

The minister compared the turbulent student protests to ‘The Bold and The Beautiful’ soapie.

At last the government is seeking a solution to financial aid that won’t compromise universities’ financial needs like the current NSFAS.

The government announced the 2021 living expense and other financial allowances for grant students during a media briefing on NSFAS funding.

Cabinet agreed to a comprehensive review of the student funding policy.