Tertiary Education
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
South Africa must fix its academic incentives, or other universities may meet the same fate as UNISA
Paying the same amount for every published article encourages low-quality paper-mills
Opinion | 29 August 2023
Students fear being evicted again if NSFAS payment issues not resolved
“My family is over 1,500 kilometres away in the Free State and I don’t really have anyone in Cape Town that I can go live with if we are evicted again,” she says.
News | 18 August 2023
Students march to Parliament in protest against new NSFAS system
Many students say they have not received their allowances
News | 16 August 2023
VIDEO: Why students are protesting against NSFAS
University students across the country are protesting. They claim they have not been paid by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). This video explains what led to the protests.
Video | 18 July 2023
About 100 students march to NSFAS over funding troubles
“We (SRCs) refuse to remain silent while the dreams and aspirations of the children of the poor and working class are trampled on by an unyielding bureaucracy.”
News | 24 May 2023
University of Venda lectures resume after two-day protest
Management has agreed to address most of the students’ demands
News | 24 May 2023
UCT chair resigns following governance panel’s recommendations
Report makes several findings against Babalwa Ngonyama, particularly in relation to her treatment of former deputy vice-chancellor Lis Lange
News | 22 May 2023