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Academic programs were discontinued at all Tshwane University of Technology campuses and students were ordered to vacate residences.

Residence property has been damaged in the past and recovery costs have not yet been calculated.

Fears exist for student and staff safety. According to TUT’s Willa de Ruyter, the situation at campuses is unpredictable and flammable. The Young Communist League considers the decision of TUT to be a confirmation that challenges and demands of previously historic black disadvantaged students are being overlooked.

Students insist that the National Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) provides their grants for food, especially for those students who do not live on campus, while also insisting on more accommodation.

The police used shock grenades on Monday to dismiss the students who moved to the office of Higher Education Minister Naledi Pandor in Pretoria.

Lucky Nkambule, head of the Student Council at the T
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The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will pay allowances directly to students instead of using third parties.

The scheme confirmed that it would do away with the voucher system, known as “Sbux” administered by third parties, a move welcomed by the SA Union of Students (SAUS).

NSFAS spokesperson Kagisho Mamabolo said the scheme would disburse funds only in cash to students and universities and TVET colleges, through approved financial institutions.

“NSFAS wants to eradicate the voucher system that compromises choices for our students and limits their financial planning,” Mamabolo said, adding that the planned method would also eliminate payments through SMS and cellphone mechanism which were open to fraud and abuse.

NSFAS came under pressure from the Minister of Higher Education and Training Naledi Pandor, last year after the government’s university and college students funding model grappled with disbursing of money
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