SA student debt is in a class of its own – and VCs won’t budge

Nsfas is owed R36.4bn, while 21 universities grapple with R10.4bn in outstanding fees from the past decade

31 March 2021 - 19:45 By prega govender

A student owes the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) a staggering R400,000 in study loans that were granted before the government’s announcement of free higher education in December 2017...

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