Registered NSFAS students have often complained about the scheme not paying them on time or sometimes failing to pay altogether.
NSFAS has faced numerous scandals and mismanagement issues over the last few years. Will the new man in charge finally be able to get it right?
Just when we finished counting the costs of the last protests.
Things are going from bad to worse at NSFAS.
Sizwe Nxasana noted that the NSFAS payment system has endured extreme strain after Zuma’s announcement of free education.
NSFAS has paused the application process for students who seek funding after it failed to clear its payment backlogs.
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme is in disarray, resulting in anxiousness amongst students who rely on the government subsidies.
NSFAS hasn’t learned from Sibongile Mani, the student who got sent R14m by mistake. It’s happened again and Naledi Pandor wants answers.
Students have been left in limbo across the country.
Remember the student who had R14m mistakenly transferred into her account?
Masutha believes SA is set to benefit greatly from free education in the long term.
R14 million in your account, spend over R800k in 11 days? The big companies involved want answers now. The first charges have been laid.
Yesterday, we reported she spent R400,000. That’s just silly… It was actually R800,000
Walter Sisulu University confirmed it “mistakenly” deposited R14 million into a student’s account meant for Nsfas.
R2bn is more than it was before, but its still not enough, not even close.
At Tuesday’s SONA debate in parly, Mmusi Maimane painted a picture of a South Africa under DA rule; with the Western Cape as example.
If history has taught us anything, it’s never to underestimate communist’s ability to destroy the pillars of Western education.