Protesters plead with Maitland Home Affairs branch head, Santos Mohapeloa (far right), on 13 April. Photo Veronica Washaya.

Our answers to your questions

• I had a R76,000 loan from NSFAS in 2017. In 2018 this loan was converted to a bursary, and I graduated in 2021. Last week I found an email from NSFAS requesting I pay it back. What should I do?
• What can I do about the inordinate delay in processing my appeal application for permanent residence as well as a critical skills visa?
• Do I have any rights to fight for my grandmother's house, which her son, your uncle, has since sold?
• What could have happened during the registration process of my uncle’s RDP because unknown people turned up two months ago, claiming that my uncle’s house belonged to their grandparents?
• What is the process to arrange an appointment with Home Affairs to set up a premarital interview?