NSFAS has approved funding for hundreds of thousands of new students for 2026, as record application numbers put pressure on ...

According to the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the education minister will announce the outcome of the matric exams on ...

In his state-of-readiness address in September last year, Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela said 235,000 first-time spots would be available.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it has processed all 2026 funding applications ahead of the start of the academic year, approving 609,653 applications and rejecting 49,538 after ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) confirms that a million tertiary education students will receive funding for the 2026 academic year. The scheme received 893,847 applications, of ...

The interim chair of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) board, Dr Mugwena Maluleke, announced on Tuesday that NSFAS had approved 609 653 of 893 847 funding applications. A total of 766 ...

“NSFAS is pleased to confirm that it has processed all 2026 funding applications prior to the start of the 2026 academic year as committed to by the 31st December 2025. All students can view their ...

According to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), all applications it received to fund students in 2026 have been processed and it saw that all students who applied can now view their ...

More than 1 million tertiary education students, including more than 600 000 first-time entrants, will be funded for the 2026 academic year. This was confirmed by the National Student Financial Aid ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has started announcing funding eligibility decisions for the 2026 academic year. In a statement, NSFAS said it had begun releasing decisions from ...

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