Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela launched the 2027 NSFAS application cycle in Parktown. Applications open Sept 18 and close Oct 31, 2026; TVET admission deadline Sept...
Buti Manamela says 53,575 applied for the NSFAS missing‑middle loan in 2026 but only 3,102 were assessed eligible; government targets 2027 for a broader funding model.
More than 72 000 students who meet the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding criteria will now be allowed to register after the scheme approved...
The SIU told Scopa that in 2023 more than R5bn of NSFAS funding may have gone to students with household incomes above R350,000; AG found 14,000...
Preliminary SIU findings show over R5bn in NSFAS aid went to ineligible students and 40,000+ applications exceeded the R350,000 threshold. Arrests and investigations continue.
More than 4,000 prospective beneficiaries of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) are still waiting for funding decisions as a backlog in investigations and verifications...
The University of South Africa (Unisa) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) have offered conflicting explanations for delays to July allowance payments that affected...
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been placed under administration again, and an IOL opinion piece argues the organisation should be dissolved and its...
Goal: Draft article from user-supplied Citizen URL about NSFAS administrator appearing before Parliament. Parliament has summoned the administrator of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas),...
South Africa’s already strained student funding system has taken another hit, with fresh leadership exits at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme raising questions about stability...