Nsfas
Nehawu members end NSFAS strike after wage agreement reached
The strike started on 5 October at the NSFAS offices in Cape Town following a negotiation deadlock.
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DHET defends extension of NSFAS administrator Carolissen’s tenure
The National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) has accused Carollisen of mismanaging the R35 billion state-funded scheme for marginalised tertiary students.
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Nehawu tells Parliament NSFAS administrator Randal Carolissen must resign
While the union says the NSFAS administrator has mismanaged the fund, Randal Carolissen said there was evidence that the opposite was true.
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Nehawu to brief Parliament on claims of NSFAS maladministration
Nehawu took issue with NSFAS administrator Dr Randall Carolissen, who they accused of mismanaging the institution.
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Nsfas, Neawu to continue wage negotiations
Nehawu wants an 8% salary increase for workers but the financial aid scheme offered a 4.3% increase.
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Sasco backs Nehawu’s plan to protest at the NSFAS offices next week
NSFAS is a R35 billion state-funded support programme for marginalised tertiary students.
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Nzimande: Students found to have misled NSFAS will face criminal charges
NSFAS has already removed 5,000 students from its systems suspected of skimming the system.
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Nzimande hits back at detractors over corruption claims
Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande said that while corruption was rampant in government, people who accused him of corruption without proof were malicious and had an agenda.
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NSFAS has withdrawn funding from students who are 'abusing the system', says CEO
A total of 5,000 students who were funded for the 2020 academic year have been recently unfunded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).
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EL student who erroneously received R14m from NSFAS back in court
Three years ago, Sibongile Mani was accused of stealing the money after she already spend R800 thousand, which was allegedly mistakenly paid into her student account.
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NSFAS funding applications officially opened
The Higher Education Department said eligible applicants should be South African citizens and come from a family with a combined annual household income of not more than R350,000.
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Nzimande: Only certain BBBEE firms eligible for digital services contracts
The Higher Education Minister presented his department's COVID-19 response update on Wednesday.
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Nzimande tells Parliament a probe into NSFAS’ failures is necessary
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande told members of Parliament an inquiry into the would investigate business processes and system failures at Nsfas.
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DA: NSFAS plans to write off historic debt of those who can afford to pay
The party said it wrote to Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande demanding an explanation about how the process would be handled.
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Cosatu calls on govt to support cancellation of student debt for workers
The trade union federation's reasoning is that a large number of young workers enter the labour market already heavily indebted, largely due to student loans.
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NSFAS facing lockdown challenges but has disbursed R12bn in student funding
Dr Randall Carolissen, the financial aid scheme’s administrator, said that since the lockdown started, they had continued paying all institutions and had closed most backlogs.
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4 Wits students partially suspended over accommodation protests
Student representative council leader Thuto Gabaphethe said this was another attempt by the university’s management to silence them.
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Classes suspended at TUT’s Pretoria West campus due to fresh protests
Last week, management announced that classes would resume at all campuses on Monday following disruptions, but it appears students are not having it.
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DUT student leaders vow to resume protests over accommodation, NSFAS allowances
They claimed the university failed to ensure adequate accommodation for all deserving students and NSFAS allowances were delayed, leading to many going hungry.
