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Oct 19

NSFAS receives R4 billion in advance payments to ease university cash-flow pressure

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Manamela promises timely NSFAS payments: Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela says the government is redesigning NSFAS to improve its performance ...

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Aug 29

Parliamentary colloquium focuses on student accommodation costs, shortages and NSFAS

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Aug 18

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Aug 15

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Aug 15

‘Too low and too slow’: Manamela admits NSFAS missing-middle loan delays as applications hit 53,500

Aug 13

MPs tear into Manamela during heated debate over approval of R9.9m NSFAS advisory team

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May 27

GNU backs Manamela’s R149bn budget, while opposition tears into NSFAS and Setas: The Government of National Unity defends a R149-billion higher education budget ...

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Mar 12

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