‘We have nothing to eat’: NWU students hit by another NSFAS funding glitch

Frustrated students have expressed their outrage, with some claiming they feel abandoned by those mandated to assist them

10 December 2023 - 19:30

Struggling bursary students at North West University say they are battling to eat and cannot return home for holidays due to a funding crisis within the National Student Financial Assistance Scheme (NSFAS)...

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