Blade Nzimande said NSFAS students, including Funza Lushaka students, will receive free data for three months, starting on 1 June.
NSFAS have come out fighting on Friday, after officials at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) said they’d failed to receive a R32m payment.
The financial administrators at NSFAS have struck again: Parliament has heard how an eye-watering sum of money was lost to “erroneous transactions”.
The scene at Unizulu is becoming increasingly volatile as students ramp up their protests over funding.
It would take a seriously flawed security check system to grant a transaction of this magnitude.
The merit of this claim are still being tested.
The minister urged all higher education institutions to ensure that all matters agreed to were implemented without further delay.
It’s a record-breaking year for NSFAS and tertiary education in South Africa.
NSFAS has failed to table its annual financial report for the Auditor-General.
The strike action will issue Blade Nzimande with a memorandum.
NSFAS promises that the arrest of these employees won’t impact the 2020 applications cycle
All applications have gone digital, and government centres now offer assistance in applications for those who don’t have access to the internet.
It’s great news for our students, as NSFAS is set to receive a windfall: We’re looking at where the money’s coming from, and who’s in line for financial aid.
An intense show down at Mangosuthu University of Technology.
As a result of the death, and subsequent police investigation, the Durban University of Technology has decided to suspend its academic programme, indefinitely.
Naledi Pandor says the shutdown of universities will severely affect the academic year, resulting in many not being able to finish their degrees on time, if ever.
Some hope’s been restored for previously rejected students.
NSFAS received more than 3 200 applications a day over the period from September to December.
The NSFAS website will stop accepting the online application at midnight on Sunday, 2 December, and no late applications will be received thereafter.
NSFAS has warned students to hurry up and secure their applications for financial assistance in 2019 before the deadline date.
Steven Zwane didn’t like where things were going.
Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu is disappointed in NSFAS and former chairperson Sizwe Nxasana’s negligence.
NSFAS officially reopened 2019 applications today.
NSFAS is back on track following invaluable input from Naledi Pandor and Dr Randall Carollissen.
This comes following the resignation of Nsfas chairperson, Sizwe Nxasana.