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Ongoing student protests in South Africa have once again highlighted various problems with higher education funding. They boil down to challenges of affordability and sustainability.
State funding of universities is inadequate – it hasn’t kept pace with enrolment pressures and the increasing costs of providing higher education. Many students cannot afford to pay fees either. Yet the student financial aid system isn’t a reliable source of support.
The result is tension among higher education’s three key actors – universities, the state and students (and society at large). They don’t seem to share an understanding of needs, resources, challenges and visions.
16 March 2021 - 13:32 Three people were expected to appear in court on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) of R1.4m. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/ LE MOAL OLIVIER
Three people, aged between 32 and 40, were expected to appear in the Durban magistrate s court on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) of R1.4m.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele said their arrests follow an intensive investigation conducted by the provincial commercial crime unit.
“It is alleged that between October 2015 until August 22 2016 a known suspect allegedly forwarded money into three different bank accounts that were unknown to the institution. The money was for NSFAS and was supposed to be deposited to students who were financially needy in one of the colleges in Durban.