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Topic: Students to march to NSFAS head office in Cape Town over funding grievances
- Students are planning to march to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme's Cape Town head office.
- Student representative councils at several institutions issued a joint statement in which they accused the scheme of ignoring their plight.
- It also criticised the scheme's new payment methods.
Students from various universities plan to march to the Cape Town head office of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on Wednesday over funding grievances and new student allowance payment methods.
In a joint statement on Monday, student representative council (SRC) leaders from universities in the Western Cape and the Free State said some students had still not received funding, roughly three months into the academic year, and others were "wrongfully defunded".
They also claimed that other students only received funding for study materials, not meals and accommodation.
"NSFAS has also taken another barbaric approach by hampering and disadvantaging the academic performance of students registered for less than 60 credits towards their qualification. This scheme has decided that this cohort of students is only eligible for a learning materials allowance, excluding them from meal and accommodation allowances," the statement read.
Guest 1 on the line: South African Union of Students (SAUS) National Spokesperson-Asive Dlanjwa.