Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande has rejected as absurd an allegation by the DA that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is going to write-off historic debt. Nzimande explained that the amount of one-point-nine-six-billion rand as referred to by the DA, amounted to irregular expenditure and was not counted as a loss to the fiscus. For clarity on yesterday’s briefing, we are joined on the line by…
Guest: NSFAS administrator, Dr Randall Carolissen