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NSFAS to explain its new direct payment system in wake of student protests

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The briefing comes after students across the country took to the streets last week, arguing that the new funding system was ineffective.

JOHANNESBURG - The National Student Financial Aid Scheme is set to brief the public on its new direct payment system as students continue to face challenges.- Protesting DUT students vow to return to picket lines on Friday- TUT SRC calls on Nzimande to address new unreliable Nsfas payment method

NSFAS said it will be addressing matters including the new system and the recent defunding of students. Last month, NSFAS defunded hundreds of students after it found that it lost R5 billion on funding students that were not deserving of the funding.Tshwane University of Technology students were among those who were marching last week.

TUT’s student representative council is demanding that the institution be exempted from using the new system until next year.

 

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