EDITORIAL: Don’t make the same mistake with NHI
To understand why things at NSFAS disintegrated so badly, look no further than its governance structure
07 November 2019 - 05:05
Administrator Randall Carolissen is doing a sterling job at exposing the historic dysfunction at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), the government’s main conduit for supporting students from poor and working-class families.
Appointed by former higher education and training minister Naledi Pandor last August, he has rapidly improved the scheme’s capacity to disburse funds to eligible students and is peeling away the layers of rot within the institution...
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