Just weeks before the festive season, the DBE has confirmed serious marking irregularities across seven provinces, triggering ...

With only a few days left before the closing date, Nsfas has issued a final reminder for all qualifying students to act fast. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) has confirmed that ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says he would close the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) if it were up to him. The NSFAS was established in 1996 as a South African government student ...

Higher education and training minister Buti Manamela has appointed Mugwena Maluleke as the acting chairperson of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) board, effective November 10. The ...

Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela was scheduled to meet with former NSFAS Board Chairperson Dr Karen Stander, who resigned last week. The NSFAS logo. Picture: @myNSFAS/Twitter The Democratic ...

National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) board chairperson Dr Karen Stander tendered her resignation with immediate effect on Sunday, citing racism, bullying and threats to her family. Days ...

The Public Servants Association (PSA) is urging the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to implement stricter financial controls to curb the growing rate of students who use their allowances ...

What a difference a week makes for mortgage application demand. As we noted last week, mortgage rates were already trending lower than those captured in the weekly survey numbers from MBA and Freddie ...

NSFAS has launched its application window for 2026, allowing learners who are still busy with the end of matric to apply for the first time, alongside returning students to reapply for continued ...

The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, is set to brief the media on the state of readiness of universities and colleges for the 2026 academic year, as well as the opening of ...

Applications for NSFAS are set to open soon and will likely run from September/October 2025 to December/January 2026. Wondering how and where to get started on your application? The team at ...

The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has announced a new strategic partnership with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). This collaboration, formalised through a Memorandum of ...