Tertiary Education
UCT strike begins – support staff demand 7.5% increase for 2024
They also want a unified bargaining forum
By Liezl Human
News | 8 February 2024
NSFAS budget cuts could leave more than 87,000 students without funding in 2024
The financial aid scheme has already received over 200,000 applications since 21 November
News | 30 November 2023
Prisoner computer ban struck down
Correctional Services has 12 months to revise the current policy
News | 8 November 2023
Walter Sisulu students spend the night in jail after NSFAS protest
University says it is NSFAS’s responsibility to resolve the issue with students
Brief | 12 October 2023
Parliament unimpressed by NSFAS’s turnaround plan
Student funding scheme given seven working days to answer portfolio committee’s questions
News | 5 October 2023
NSFAS and Blade Nzimande snub Parliament hearing on student funding failures
The portfolio committee will issue a summons if NSFAS and the minister fail to attend the next meeting
News | 20 September 2023
CPUT agrees to increase payment to private residence after students locked out
This is despite the owner of 210 Long Street not meeting all NSFAS requirements of a fully accredited accommodation.
News | 18 September 2023
Parliament grills NSFAS over student funding failures
The scheme has had more than 170,000 appeals from students about allowance payments
News | 7 September 2023
Leadership and governance in crisis at our universities, Parliament told
Concerns about maladministration, assassination attempts, academic malpractice, and the state of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme were raised
News | 31 August 2023