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.

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.

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