The applications will be open for the next two months, with the last day of application on 31 January.
Businessman Mthunzi Mdwaba accused Godongwana and other African National Congress (ANC) top brass of soliciting a R500 million bribe from him in exchange for a massive government contract.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande was due to announce a decision on the fate of the institution on Friday.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande served the university with a notice, following a scathing report into its affairs by an independent assessor.
Wednesday’s meeting was to discuss problems related to the new direct payment system for students, which members of the higher education committee said required 'urgent intervention'.
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been riddled with complaints over student funding failures.
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This follows a report by an independent assessor revealing serious financial and other maladministration within the university.
An independent assessor appointed by Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Blade Nzimande recommended that Unisa be placed under administration.
A large group of students gathered in front of the newly built Unibell student accommodation on Monday to highlight some of their challenges.
The higher education minister said billions more would be spent on fit-for-purpose infrastructure, but his visit was somewhat marred by University of the Western Cape students demonstrating.
Blade Nzimande, South Africa's higher education minister, on Tuesday announced that the current student debt owed to tertiary institutions stood at around R16.5 billion.
Vice-chancellor Sakhela Buhlungu was appointed for a second term last year and has been on a mission to root out corruption at the scandal-plagued university.
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts has recently taken issue with Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s handling of the report, citing slow progress on consequence management.
Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa rejected a request by Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande this week to keep the report under wraps.
As protests over mandatory vaccines dominate student-led protests, the growing crisis over finance in higher education has also contributed to a difficult start to the academic year for some students.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said that NSFAS had received more than 906,000 applications for the 2022 application period, of which 85% had not studied at a public university before.
The party is calling for UN intervention to force Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande and government to recognise Afrikaans, as well as the Khoi, San and Nama, languages as fully-fledged indigenous languages in its new language policy framework for higher education institutions.
