Thousands of students have been left in the dark about their academic futures as they have yet to receive their National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) grants — nearly four months into the year. The lengthy delays‚ which the DA estimated could affect as many as 200,000 students‚ has seen the University of Free State’s QwaQwa campus indefinitely shut down this week‚ while the University of Venda has suspended "all services". Limpopo police spokesperson Moatshe Ngoepe said four students had been arrested at the University of Venda for public violence‚ with public order policing monitoring the area. In a statement this week‚ the DA said it would write to the chair of the portfolio committee to request that it summon NSFAS chairperson‚ Sizwe Nxasana‚ to the committee to explain how students still hadn’t been paid. "[On Tuesday] the portfolio committee could not meet on the campus of the University of Venda due to violent protests‚ triggered by the delays in the payment of NSFAS gr...
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