By Bongani Nkosi —
Protesting students say that NSFAS has reached its sell-by date and the only option now is free education and cancelling student debt.
The government’s struggling National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has “reached its sell by date”, and the only solution for poor students was a cost-free university education.
But Nzimande was nowhere to be found. In fact, the department’s entrance was locked. Word must have got to the department that the students were intending to “occupy” the building.
Mostly active members of student organisations, they marched under the banner of the new Occupy Movement. The march drew about 100 students, with its leaders promising to mobilise more numbers if Nzimande did not address their demands.
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