The Department of Higher Education has recently announced its plans to introduce changes to how the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) disburses allowances to qualifying students in tertiary institutions across the country. The importance of student funding at tertiary institutions can not be emphasised enough, and this is a sentiment that is commonly shared […]
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Is Child Grant Now R720 Per Child?
There are several social media posts allegedly making rounds that from this month, SASSA child grant will now be increased to R720 per child. Some mothers or caregivers are wondering how true this statement is. So after various requests from sources of SASSA indicates that that news going around, especially on the social media platform […]
Sassa Grant Payment Dates For July
In this article, you will see the Sassa Grant Payment Dates For July 2022. As July gets underway for its first week, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has released the grant payment dates for July. Kindly read details below. The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has urged grant recipients to consider using […]
NSFAS Makes Changes To Appeals Process & N+ Rule
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) serves as an important source of funding for many qualifying students enrolled in public tertiary institutions across the country. However, the bursary scheme has had to make changes to some of its processes, including the appeals process and the N+1 rule. Here is what the Department’s Minister had […]
Nsfas Allowances Are Meant For Educational Purposes — Nzimande
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) has helped millions of students achieve their dreams of pursuing their studies. The Higher Education Minister has touched on an important matter regarding the allowances that students receive. As part of the criteria for the government funding, Nsfas provides funding to students who come from low income households […]
Learner Technologist Opportunity At AMPATH
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Deadline For Updating R350 Grant Details
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has called on all current applicants of the R350 of distress to ensure that they have updated their application within a period set by the agency. Those that have had their applications declined can also lodge an appeal application using the new process listed further below. Applicants of the […]
How The Education Department Plans To Improve Rural Education
Improving the condition of schools located in rural parts of the country appears to be among the Basic Education Department’s main priorities. The department recently convened a meeting where it outlined how it has been working to execute this through a pilot project that is partly funded by entities in the private sector. The Department […]
Sassa Beneficiaries Receive Grants After Delay
Recipients of Sassa Social grants can now breathe a sigh of relief as many having begun receiving their grant payouts, after being delayed for a considerable amount of time. The agency also went on to confirm payment for other social grants for the current month. Beneficiaries of Sassa Social grants began getting their grants on […]
Principals Lose Power To Purchase School Textbooks
According to reports, school principals in KwaZulu-Natal have been negatively affected by a letter received from the Education Department. The department has shared that there is good in the decision that it has taken. More than 600 school principals have been denied the permission to purchase textbooks for their schools by the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department. […]