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On Thursday, acting minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announced that the government had decided to allocate additional funding to NSFAS. File photoImage: Freddy Mavunda
CABINET

Cabinet approves R7bn extra for NSFAS amid heightened student protests

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been given the urgent go-ahead to release funds to first-time qualifying students so they can enrol for higher education. They were previously unable to do so due to funding…

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The theft trial of Walter Sisulu University student Sibongile Mani has been postponed to August 25.Image: Sibongile Mani Facebook/ File
LAWYER DIED

WSU student Mani’s theft trial again postponed

A theft trial against a university accounting student has hit yet another snag after it was again postponed in the East London magistrate court on Friday. This time it was postponed owing to bereavement of Sibongile Mani’s lawyer, Asanda…

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The academic book industry is flailing after the introduction of a new policy that gives students cash, not vouchers.Image: 123RF/Christos Georghiou
ALLIANCE FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS

NSFAS’ cash-for-textbooks allowance risks job losses & students’ academic performance

TVET colleges unpopular with would-be students despite job-readiness potential The cash-for-textbooks allowance introduced by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in January has cost the book industry more than half a billion…

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ANTI ALCOHOL ABUSE CAMPAIGN

Focus on your studies not on alcohol, says Mabuyane

The launch of an educational Anti Alcohol Abuse campaign (AAAC) took place at the Regent Hotel in East London on Tuesday, where institutions of higher learning were put in the spotlight. Initiated by the Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB),…

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NSFAS is to be placed under administration following the resignation of Sizwe Nxasana Pic: Martin Rhodes. © Business Day
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AMP TRAINING

Troubled NSFAS to be run by administrator

The board of the troubled National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will soon be dissolved‚ the department of higher education & training confirmed on Sunday. The department said it was hiring an administrator who will take over the…

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Picture: MALIBONGWE DAYIMANI/DispatchLIVE 2 July 2018
FRAUD

WSU student gets day in court

Sibongile Mani, who is a Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania secretary at the Walter Sisulu University, gets instructions from her lawyer Asanda Pakade at court in East London while #OutsourcingMustFall and Pasma leader Vusi…

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FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR

IntelliMali coughs up the ‘lost’ R818k

By Aretha Linden Payment administrator IntelliMali has reimbursed Walter Sisulu University (WSU) the full amount misappropriated by NSFAS “student millionaire” Sibongile Mani out of its own pocket. IntelliMali has also roped in the…

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MONEY TO BURN: Sibongile Mani began to throw wild and lavish parties. A receipt slip shows the balance available to her on July 9 after a small purchase. Pictures: FACEBOOK
MICHAEL ANSELL

How ‘million-rands student’ blew R800k in 73 days

By Malibongwe Dayimani When her lavish parties grew wilder and more frequent, and some were not invited, political opponents at Walter Sisulu University let the R14.1-million cat out of the bag. In a 73-day spree from June 1, when the…

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ALICE

Lovedale College continues to bar 13 student leaders despite having reopened following two months of violent protests

Thirteen student leaders from Lovedale TVET college remain barred from campus and academic life even though the rest of the student body is in class and will write exams. Yesterday the college went back to classes after two months of…

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