National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) administrator Freeman Nomvalo has appealed to private accommodation providers who are owed money by the scheme not to evict students.
In a statement issued by the scheme on Saturday, Nomvalo assured all NSFAS registered private accommodation providers that no deserving and qualifying landlord will be left unpaid.
“NSFAS is pleased to announce that a bulk payment of accommodation allowances has been processed. This was made… by the end of May 2024 and beginning of June 2024.
Bulk payments to be processed to landlords
“The next scheduled payment will be not later than June 18 2024 to clear all legitimate claims. These interventions are intended to provide much-needed relief to private student accommodation landlords,” it said.
“The NSFAS administrator requests landlords who still have outstanding payments not to evict students. This as NSFAS [gives assurance] that there is no deserving and qualifying landlord who will be left unpaid.”
Nomvalo, who was appointed administrator on April 11, said he has been consulting various NSFAS stakeholders. These include landlords who raised concerns regarding outstanding payments of accommodation allowances.
“NSFAS has established a dedicated e-mail and capacity to address all disputes or concerns from landlords,” NSFAS said.
Landlords invited to submit claims
“The NSFAS administrator calls upon all landlords to continue to deposit their disputes or concerns to this e-mail address. The dedicated email address is: NSFASAccomProv@nsfas.org.za. This… applies only in so far as outstanding payments are concerned.”
Nomvalo also reminded students in TVET colleges who do not have bank accounts to open accounts. This will help to avoid delays in the disbursement of living allowances.
In May, NSFAS reported that more than 7,000 students at TVET colleges did not have valid bank accounts.
“A total of 7,160 failed the verification checks for various reasons. These include bank accounts that do not belong to students,” NSFAS said.
