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Activists march for an alternative budget and a new vision
Cuts to government’s health and education budgets are unjustified and crippling the economy while increasing inequality, the protesters argued.
Cuts to government’s health and education budgets are unjustified and crippling the economy while increasing inequality, the protesters argued.
The problems at NSFAS are having a ripple effect on student registration this year.
Parents and learners hope that they will be placed in schools this year despite deep cuts in the education budget.
With the December holidays just around the corner, Nsfas has opened for 2024 bursary applications but students say it is too late.
Despite being badly affected by taxi related violence that prevented them from attending school, Khayelitsha matriculants are confident that they will succeed in their final exams.
Poor attendance on the first day of school was caused by a water outage in Khayelitsha.
With only a week before final examinations, students at WSU are fighting for their October meal allowances from Nsfas.
By Stats SA estimates, 1 in 5 children are victims of sexual violence while the Western Cape education department says there have only been five reported cases at schools in the province so far this year.
While students are preparing for year-end exams, Nsfas beneficiaries say their problems have not been addressed.
Half of the school’s prefab buildings are dilapidated, with rats and bees resident and the wind passing through.
An investigative report, compiled by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa), found that of the 20 mandatory requirements for financial service providers, the four appointed by Nsfas to disburse funds only met five.
The Western Cape education department says that at the height of the strike, 852,259 learners stayed home from school in the province.