There is a strange clause in the contract to say that I will give you money, but you must give me 1% back,’ says Rudie Heyneke, senior project manager at Outa.

NSFAS’s controversial outsourcing practices have cost South African taxpayers up to R1bn, exposing failures in managing student accommodation and verifying service provider integrity.

When the National Treasury released its 2026 budget, the numbers confirmed what many in higher education had feared for ...

With only days away, NSFAS has yet to pay for every student who requires accommodation in South Africa, with billions handed out to beneficiaries already.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has urged students with pending appeals to submit all outstanding documents before the appeals window closes on 31 March 2026. Providing an update on ...

Providing an update on applications for the 2026 academic year during a media briefing in Pretoria on Thursday, 5 March, NSFAS Acting CEO Waseem Carrim said the scheme has processed 101,201 appeals to ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme says it has processed 90 percent of the applications that initially had outstanding documents. The scheme said that more than half have already been approved ...

Nearly 700 000 students have been approved for funding by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) for the 2026 academic year. More than 132 000 applications have been rejected, according to ...

More than 100,000 students have lodged appeals with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) after receiving their funding outcomes for the 2026 academic year. NSFAS has handled a total of ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has approved funding for 692,704 first-time entering students and 550,959 continuing students for the 2026 academic year. The scheme has also ...