Student anxiety in Cape Town is growing over whether there will be money for them to study this year, as hundreds gathered at a meeting led by UCT’s student representative council (SRC).
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The Department of Higher Education says it will assist students still in need of places.
The department has also extended the registration period for first year students due to delays in NSFAS concluding their funding eligibility.
Higher education and training institutions have received thousands of applications, in excess of the available spaces for various programmes.
Universities across the country are gearing up for the 2021 academic year following a challenging 2020 amid Covid-19.
On Monday, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Blade Nzimande announced that registration for first-time students would be extended by two weeks due to delays in the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) confirming funding eligibility.
Karima Brown stood on the shoulders of giants in journalism
By Opinion
Marlan Padayachee
On Sunday, independent 24-hour news channel eNCA paid a fitting and final farewell to its TV host, Karima Brown, and did a reprise on some of her excellent interviews on her show,
The Fix, that relived the prowess of a brave-hearted commentator until Covid-19 ended her colourful and controversial career last week.
Coronavirus continued its ruthless march at the weekend, taking more high-profile lives of that of top business leader Peter Matlare and Durban’s first black mayor, Sipho Ngwenya, and scores of other victims.
Born Karima Semaar of Muslim faith in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town, on May 20, in death, Karima Brown shone a light on the country’s controversial and complex media landscape. At 53, she lost her battle to survive coronavirus.
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