Authorities criticized for failing to handle NSFAS funding delays – SABC Information

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has criticized the government for failing to address funding delays in the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).

The bursary scheme funds tertiary tuition and accommodation.

CGE presented a report indicating that sexual harassment is increasing in higher learning institutions.

Advocate Nthabiseng Sepanya Mogale says landlords are taking advantage of female students due to financial vulnerability.

“I need to point out, is not only a trend associated with students, but it has also become a trend with regards to rentals across the board where people because of losing their jobs and etcetera, their landlords are now exploiting them in that way. But students also are experiencing that. You cannot say I’m going to teach, but how those students come to school, how they learn and where they live have got nothing to do with us – it is not our core business. So, NSFAS and government needs to go back to the drawing board.”