University Students

NSFAS pays R600m to cover students’ historical debt

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has paid over R600m to alleviate debt accumulated by its students before 2018. Before 2018‚ students with fees over R85‚000 were required to sign an acknowledgement of debt‚ which would…

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“It is already August and many students throughout SA have not yet received their bursaries,” says National Research Foundation. File photo.Image: Gallo Images/iStockphoto

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15 AUG 2018

30% of university students are hungry‚ conference told

University students are the victims of a “hidden hunger” crisis‚ a conference in Cape Town has been told. Hunger levels among students are higher than in the general population‚ Stephen Devereux of the National Research Foundation told…

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