Author: Phumla Mkize

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Education

Black academics programme a proud achievement

Vice-chancellors, university executives, academics, the heads of the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the British Council joined minister Blade Nzimande t... Read more.
NSFAS chucks out irregularly appointed service providers
Education

NSFAS’ plan to roll out regional offices welcomed by student bodies

Pupil and student representative bodies have lauded the announcement that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will be opening regional offices in ... Read more.
Education

Plans under way to roll out NSFAS regional offices across SA

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will open regional offices across the country to better serve millions of students who are the recipients of t... Read more.
Education, News

Engineering student’s long wait for operation stymies his career dreams 

A young Gauteng man with a rare birth deformity is pleading with the Steve Biko Academic Hospital and the department of health to help him out of his misery so ... Read more.
Columnists

Who needs reality shows when we have dramatic real-life stories

Who cares about the over-franchised brand of reality programmes that are pushed down our throats by pay-TV and streaming services when we have jaw-dropping orig... Read more.
News

Bloody, action-filled start to long Easter weekend

It is a bloody start to the Easter weekend for residents of one of Sebokeng’s newest suburbs, which is situated in southern Gauteng. On the eve of Good Friday... Read more.
NSFAS online applications
Education

Watchdog still awaiting NSFAS complaint on ‘price gouging’

The Competition Commission has still not received a complaint from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) on possible collusion and price gouging by ... Read more.