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Historical debt refers to the outstanding tuition fees that students owe to universities. A sectoral analysis from 2019 found students owed universities almost R10-billion, calculated after the Department of Higher Education and Training had paid almost R1-billion to settle debts incurred by more than 50,000 students funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). Students have called for this debt to be waived or put on ice. At the University of Cape Town (UCT), more than 1,600 students owe R88-million. About 8,000 University of Witwatersrand (Wits) students reportedly owe more than R1-billion. The University of the Western Cape (UWC) has more than R400-million in historical debt and the University of Free State (UFS) about R300-million.

South africaUniversity of the western capeWestern capeUniversity of cape townJonathan jansenAhmed bawaMalusi gigabaTito mboweniJacob zumaFrancis petersonDepartment of higher educationHeher commissionUniversity of free stateSa union of studentsNational student financial aid schemeUniversity of witwatersrand wits