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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.