Parliament’s portfolio committee on higher education and training is pushing for a forensic investigation into how R14m was paid to a student from Walter Sisulu University in error. Months after details about the payment became known‚ there is still scant insight into how the sum was paid‚ and not the usual R1‚400 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) allowance‚ to Sibongile Mani. Instead of immediately reporting the mistake‚ Mani went on a shopping spree‚ spending more than R800‚000 in 73 days on alcohol‚ cellphones and weaves. Intellimali‚ the company tasked by the university to distribute NSFAS funding‚ opened a case of theft against her. On Wednesday, the higher education and training committee called on the Department of Higher Education and Training to urgently conduct a forensic investigation. Committee chairperson Connie September said a report from Intellimali‚ which conducted its own investigation‚ had not provided any insight into what happened. "The report from I...
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