The 2023 National Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) application cycle has opened with over 200 000 students receiving instant approval for falling in the South African Social Security Agency category.

The combined household income threshold for prospective students who wish to apply for bursaries for post-matric studies in public institutions remains just below R350,000 a year. But if the applicant ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has deferred the launch of the 2025 online application process to Friday, 20 September, following stakeholder engagement. Additionally, the launch was ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) incurred almost R60-billion in irregular expenditure between 2019/20 and 2022/23, according to the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA). Speaking in ...

The Department of Higher Education confirmed the applications opened as of 28th September. For the 2022 academic year, 985 672 applications were received with 140 636 of them being unsuccessful. The ...

Ahead of the opening of NSFAS applications for 2024, students are being warned that the official NSFAS app has yet to launch on mobile, and those apps that exist are unofficial, and worst still, may ...

Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, made the announcement of Wednesday’s (28 September) opening of the application process at a briefing on Tuesday, 27 September 2022 ...

NSFAS finally presented its 2022/23 annual report to Parliament on Wednesday — a year late. The Auditor-General highlighted almost R60-billion in irregular expenditure incurred between 2019/20 and ...

The National Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) 2023 application cycle has opened. Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, made the announcement of Wednesday's (28 September) ...