NSFAS

In spite of promising to continue protesting, for the past two weeks it's been quiet on campuses. Student leadership in universities in KwaZulu-Natal had said student protests were most likely to continue, this after the minister of higher…

NEWS ANALYSIS It’s only March 2019 but there have already been no fewer than 10 students protests at campuses around South Africa just this year. Violence is once more normalised on campuses with a student killed during the 2019 protests.…

On Saturday, the African National Congress president Cyril Ramaphosa launched the party’s manifesto for the 2019 elections - promising an inclusive economy, and a hefty, public-sector investment in infrastructure as a way of boosting…

Students at the University of Pretoria (UP) were chased away and allegedly assaulted by campus security late on Monday night. The students were attempting to find refuge in the Student Centre because they had no place to sleep. The students…

There is a meeting scheduled between Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande and university vice chancellors for Thursday. A group of university academics and activists have released a statement reminding us that we need to be wary of…

This week, universities and technikons across South Africa were hit by a number of student protests, over issues including crime, misappropriation of NSFAS funds and the suspension and expulsion of students of earlier protests. THE DAILY…

Graduation week at a number of universities has come and gone, but a number of students have not received their qualifications because their National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) loans have not been paid off. KWAZI DLAMINI spoke to…

Last Friday, Lindelani Myeza – a first year Durban University of Technology Management Sciences student – jumped to his death after allegedly receiving an SMS notifying him of his unsuccessful application for NSFAS. The financial aid…

Investigations into the death of student Durban University of Technology student Lindelani Myeza are underway but university management and student leaders have declined to reveal details about the incident at this stage. Police say…

On Tuesday, NSFAS issued a statement saying Lindelani Myeza, who is widely believed to have committed suicide due to a rejection from the state's student loan service, was in fact approved for funding. "NSFAS can confirm that at the…

Two young women, both matriculants of the class of 2015 and soon to be Witsies described the very different paths they took to get to university to AAISHA DADI PATEL. My name is Alexandra Bench. I was born in Parktown West,…

It took a fed-up Chumani Maxwele throwing faeces at the John Cecil Rhodes statue in on the University of Cape Town’s Upper Campus to start what would become a nationwide conversation about transformation, colonial legacies in tertiary…

OFENTSE MAKGAE, 23, was recently awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to do his PhD at Oxford University in the UK in 2016. He told Aaisha Dadi Patel about his journey from Moruleng to Oxford. I am the son of a cleaner and an…

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has suspended campus activities and asked students to vacate residences. But protestors say they aren’t going anywhere. TARRYN DE KOCK reports. CPUT students have continued to protest…

KEALEBOGA GODFREY MOHIBIDU dropped out of the electrical engineering programme at the University of Pretoria after losing his scholarship. He told Firdaus Khan about how he had to break the news to his mother, a single parent. I…

After being financially excluded in her second year of study, SILONDILE CELE (20), from Adams in KZN, learnt that being a student at university takes a lot more than just passing matric. She told Lizeka Maduna her story. After…

SEABELO MOEPI (21) was a chemistry and biochemistry major at UCT. But he couldn't keep up with the fees and found himself excluded before he could graduate. Technically, the highest qualification he's achieved is matric. Today he…

Following a sustained campaign and the filing of a Promotion of Access to Information request, the higher education department on Thursday released the so-called No Fee Varsity Report to Amandla.mobi. As a result, everyone can now read the…