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Sibongile Mani studied at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in South Africa. She was 32 years old at the time and relied on subsidies to pay her school expenses, receiving around $100 (approximately Rs 8,300) each month for food.

Sibongile Mani ended up spending the money on designer clothes, and the latest iPhone and bought expensive liquor bottles.

Eastern Cape health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo was arrested by the Hawks on Wednesday for submitting false matric certificate.

Eastern Cape citizens are claiming R7.5bn from the police for incidents of misconduct like illegal search and seizures, assault, car accidents and shootings.This was revealed by transport & community safety MEC Xolile Nqatha in response to a question by DA MPL Bobby Stevensen about claims against the police.

The long-running case involving “NSFAS millionaire” Sibongile Mani came to a close this past week when the Makhanda high court overturned the five-year sentence imposed on the former University of Fort Hare student.

Scholar Sibongile Mani, 32, who had to rely on benefits to pay for her to study, could not believe it when a government aid scheme sent her 10,000 times too much money.

Scholar Sibongile Mani, 32, who had to rely on benefits to pay for her to study, could not believe her eyes when a government aid scheme sent her 10,000 times too much money

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 – A South African student who mistakenly got £850,000 instead of her usual £85 monthly university food grant and blew £50,000 of it in a 73-day spending spree has escaped jail. Scholar Sibongile Mani, 32, relies on benefits to pay for her studies. But could not believe it when a government aid…

The former Walter Sisulu University student who made national headlines for a two-month spending spree after NSFAS erroneously credited her with R14m says she regrets her actions.Sibongile Mani, dubbed the “NSFAS millionaire student”, was last week let off the hook by a Makhanda high court ruling that she should perform community service instead of receiving a five-year jail sentence.

In an 11th hour move, two former University of Fort Hare employees, accused of being behind the killing of two university officials and attempted murder of the vice-chancellor, abandoned their bail bid.