Since the inception of the Hillensberg Trust, students at the NWU have received bursaries to the value of over R5m...
Issued by North-West University (NWU) 30 Mar 2021
The DHET and universities have reached another fee compact to ensure fee increases for the 2021 academic year are kept at affordable levels...
"Education is a powerful tool that helps to advance societies, driving innovation and birthing new industries that boost economies," says Leana de Beer, CEO of Feenix. But for many young South Africans, tertiary education is restricted - often seen to be expensive or out of reach for those who can't get funding through NSFAS, bursaries or student loans...
20-year-old North West University design student Kabelo Diphoko was facing the prospect of dropping out without completing his degree when he came across the Wild Bean Café Design-A-Cup competition...
Issued by Intune Communications and Entertainment 15 Oct 2020
Small Business Friday was created nine years ago by the National Small Business Chamber in response to small business owners' most pressing need: getting more customers...
With the number of interest rate reductions this year, a home loan or 'bond' is starting to look like a really attractive option if you need to access a large amount of cash, and fast...
Kerry Dimmer, Issued by Private Property South Africa 18 Aug 2020
In the 2019 Saica Nation Building Impact Report, Saica CEO Freeman Nomvalo says: "As Saica celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year, we remain committed to our higher purpose of building a better world and illustrating the integral role our noble profession plays in securing the future of our country..."
Lia Labuschagne, Issued by SAICA 30 Jun 2020
South African parents are all too familiar with the monthly debit order or regular payment for children's school fees. Educating your children is one of the most important things you'll ever do for them, but have you ever stopped to work out how much each day at school actually costs?
Shea Karssing 12 Jun 2019
About 51% of South Africa's youth - between ages 18 - 24 do not have the financial means to pay for their tertiary tuition, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced...
To celebrate the launch of the Dis-Chem For Youth card, School-Days recently gave four young South Africans - who are the winners of its bursary competition - R25,000 bursaries to use towards education fees. ..
The government of Benin has cancelled a recent decree that imposed a tax on users of platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp...
George Ogola 4 Oct 2018
Former president Jacob Zuma's announcement of free higher education blindsided the National Treasury, said Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba...
Government has been forced to hold back on some of its capital projects and reduce spending on goods and services in order to find R57-billion to fund free tertiary education...
Thabo Mokone 21 Feb 2018
Fees Must Fall has always been TSiBA's ethos and a reality for our students who only pay what they can afford with the rest being funded by scholarships...
Issued by TSIBA 17 Jan 2018
The EFF has reiterated that it wants every potential student to be registered as party members visit universities and colleges across the Eastern Cape this week, regardless of whether or not the institutions have space...
Tremaine Van Aardt 8 Jan 2018
The government has refused point-blank to reveal how much the free higher education announced by President Jacob Zuma is likely to cost, and where the money will come from, only that it will be within the approved national budget...
Sipho Mabena 5 Jan 2018
Universities South Africa has warned potential students not to just walk into universities to try and apply at the last minute, saying such a situation could turn out deadly...
Katharine Child 3 Jan 2018
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has told MPs that it could encounter difficulties if President Jacob Zuma decided it should also cater for the so-called "missing middle" in the 2018 academic year...
Bianca Capazorio 30 Nov 2017
The medium-term budget policy statement, presented a mere two weeks ago, has been thrown into question as a joint team from the Treasury and the Office of the President comb through it, looking for R40bn in expenditure cuts to fund free higher education...
Carol Paton 13 Nov 2017
Fees need to be hiked regardless of whether education is free or not, to take account of the economic realities facing higher education institutions, Department of Higher Education director-general Gwebinkundla Qonde says...
Tamar Kahn 9 Nov 2017
The long-awaited university fees commission report is expected to be released by President Jacob Zuma this week, but a leaked version of it saying that free education is unfeasible has already sparked fear of more student protests...
Michelle Gumede and Karl Gernetzky 30 Oct 2017
President Jacob Zuma is keeping mum on when he will make public the findings of the Fees Commission report into the feasibility of free education...
Farren Collins and Petru Saal 26 Oct 2017
The Higher Education Transformation Network (HETN) has called on President Jacob Zuma to "urgently" release the final report of the Fees Commission...
Nomahlubi Jordaan 11 Oct 2017
The South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) named Juanè Cronje, from Die Hoërskool DF Malan in the Western Cape, the winner of the 2017 annual National Accounting Olympiad at a Gala Awards evening held in Johannesburg on 10 October...
The ANC's proposal to provide free tertiary education for poor people from 2018 was unlikely to placate students, Universities SA have warned...
Bekezela Phakathi 4 Aug 2017
The ANC wants the government to provide free higher education for poor would-be students as early as next year...
Sabelo Ndlangisa 2 Aug 2017
Standard Bank is supporting a new crowdfunding initiative aimed at significantly enhancing access to education for students countrywide...
Against the background of Youth Month and the national crisis in higher education, Inyathelo, the South African Institute for Advancement in Cape Town, has released its Annual Survey of Philanthropy in Higher Education in local universities...
The University of Johannesburg has raised R147m to fund students in the missing middle...
Michelle Gumede 29 May 2017
The Barclays Africa Group's 2017 CEO Scholarship Fund has increased to R210 million, allowing 3,000 university students, across its 10 African markets, to receive scholarships for the current academic year...
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has rejected the appeals of more than 2,000 students against their unsuccessful applications for study funding in the 2017 academic year...
Michelle Gumede 20 Apr 2017
As part of its investigation into skills and youth unemployment in South Africa, Barloworld Logistics recently conducted a Youth Pulse survey, to gain insight into the concerns and aspirations of our students...
Issued by Barloworld Logistics 18 Apr 2017
Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, Connie September, has voiced her satisfaction with the national plan on Post-School Education in the country...
Advocacy organisation Equal Education (EE) made an impassioned plea for the provision of free, quality higher education at the fees commission on Wednesday, saying SA had an abundance of resources that were mismanaged...
Michelle Gumede 17 Mar 2017
Business Unity SA (Busa) says free higher education is not sustainable and business cannot carry its costs alone, given the low levels of economic growth...
Michelle Gumede 10 Mar 2017
Government has contributed over R4 billion towards covering university fee increases, says Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande...
The state should consider a graduate tax to tackle the funding challenges faced by most students at tertiary institutions, UCT vice-chancellor Max Price has said...
Bekezela Phakathi 28 Feb 2017
As SA's universities begin the new academic year, the private sector has already raised about R140m of a targeted R200m to finance the pilot scheme for the new funding model for poor and "missing middle" students...
Hilary Joffe 6 Feb 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training has left it to universities to decide whether to register students with historical debt who are not funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS)...
Khulekani Magubane 27 Jan 2017
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has paid R1.3 billion to 26 public universities for registration fees for qualifying students...
Adopting the habit of working hard from an early age is what secured a bright future for an aspirant mechanical engineer, Olwethu Bitterhout, from the Eastern Cape...
More Matshediso 15 Jan 2017
Wits University has increased its fees by 8% because it had been left in the lurch by the government, which had short-changed it by R54-million...
Jan Bornman and Shenaaz Jamal 6 Dec 2016
Even the poorest university students will have to find a way to pay back the money lent to them for their fees or risk getting nailed by the taxman...
SA must not deceive itself with the idea of free higher education and should focus on finding a workable model, statistician-general Pali Lehohla says...
The 39% increase in the severity of insurance claims is directly attributable to increases in service delivery and student unrest...
Sharon Snell 17 Oct 2016
Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande says he is hopeful that the current consultations with all stakeholders on the 2017 university fees will conclude successfully, with a formal announcement expected to be made in mid-September...
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande faces tough questions regarding university fees in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) amid reports that President Jacob Zuma has declared a zero rate increase...
Khulekani Magubane and Penelope Mashego 23 Aug 2016
The first round of public hearings of the commission of inquiry into university fees starts today with Wits University's submission...
Poppy Louw 10 Aug 2016
In a move that could reignite #FeesMustFall protests, university fees could rise as much as 6% in 2017 following a 2016 moratorium that has set institutions and the state back billions of rand...