Students launch petition to tackle NSFAS direct payments

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A Change.org petition will be taken to Parliament today by university students bent on taking down the NSFAS direct payment system.

While Change.org petitions generally don’t actually lead to any real change and are more of a way to generate publicity on an issue, the individual who launched the petition, William Sezoe, says that the SRC will be bringing it before parliament today – 16th August.social media

“The experience of students however shows otherwise, with many students suspecting fraudulent withdrawals from their accounts,” they said, adding that “What is more worrying is the fact that the companies appointed by NSFAS does not have the necessary paperwork such as banking licenses to operate as Financial Service Providers.”since it launched, and even before that.

Others were more outspoken, and many student councils outright called for the rejection of the system. Some levied allegations against NSFAS’ banking partners, that they were unlicensed, or that their technical systems were not working as intended, or that payments were not being made on time. The money that NSFAS pays student beneficiaries is granted by the government and is ostensibly taxpayer funds.

 

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