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Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Buti Manamela says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has received 10 000 applications for free higher education through its contact centre on Monday.  Manamela said this when he visited the NSFAS office in Cape Town on Tuesday to assess the progress for applications for the 2019 academic year

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says the first day of online applications for 2019, are going smoothly without any technical glitches. “At 10am this morning of the first day, more than 400 new applications have successfully been submitted, and more than 8 000 users have already visited the NSFAS website to learn more

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has officially tested the improved online application system which is aimed at improving the time at which users take in applying for funding. “This is an effort to showcase the improved efficient process. The aim and focus was to make the online application system simpler for applicants, with the process

Government will spend R57 billion on free higher education over the next three years, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Wednesday. Tabling the 2018 Budget in Parliament, Minister Gigaba said there was a reallocation in the spending framework. “The largest reallocation of resources towards government’s priorities was on higher education and training, amounting to additional