FINANCIAL STABILITY Universities forced to navigate tricky balance between cash flow and student access to education 7 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
HIGHER EDUCATION First-year student placements limited but higher education minister says it's all systems go for 2026 5 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
MACHINE UNLEARNING OP-ED Turning off AI detection software is the right call for SA universities 5 min 8 By Sioux McKenna and Neil Kramm
EDUCATION LEADERSHIP CRISIS The troubled state of higher education under Nobuhle Nkabane’s watch 6 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
ACCOMMODATION WOES TVET accommodation crisis: NSFAS disbursement errors lead to student evictions and financial chaos 2 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
NSFAS CRISES Multiple funding crises open door to scammers as students await loan approvals and accommodation 4 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
STUDENT SUPPORT Student financial aid scheme appoints new acting CEO to turn around financial crisis 4 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
CAMPUS CRISIS Postponed Budget could exacerbate woes for South African students and universities 4 min 2 By Takudzwa Pongweni
ACCOMMODATION WOES Dig these digs — Australia, US varsities offer creative solutions to SA’s student housing crisis 5 min 2 By Takudzwa Pongweni
UNIVERSITY ACCOMODATION Students sleep in streets as Cape Peninsula University of Technology faces housing crisis 7 min 6 By Takudzwa Pongweni and Kristin Engel
FUNDING TIME Student organisation calls on NSFAS to solve problems to ensure peaceful start to academic year 4 min 1 By Siyabonga Goni
PARLIAMENT Special Investigating Unit recovered R857m from higher education institutions, but student aid schemes are poor 3 min 6 By Suné Payne
TERTIARY EDUCATION Indebted graduates battle to find jobs after universities withhold certificates 3 min 1 By Msindisi Fengu
STUDENT FUNDING NSFAS boss Freeman Nomvalo promises fresh processes and payment system by September 4 min 0 By Msindisi Fengu
NEW BROOM UCT’s incoming vice-chancellor Prof Mosa Moshabela says work has already begun to stabilise campus 4 min 7 By Suné Payne
THE CONVERSATION Human geography study shows how to fix apartheid legacy in SA universities 4 min 9 By Gijsbert Hoogendoorn, Daniel Hammett and Mukovhe Masutha
FEES SAGA NSFAS reveals it paid varsities R2.8bn up front for student registrations 4 min 1 By Msindisi Fengu
HIGHER EDUCATION Universities struggle with ‘perennial’ NSFAS issues as they focus on admission and registration 6 min 0 By Msindisi Fengu
COP28 OP-ED More COP input needed from Global South universities to draw attention to region’s needs 4 min 0 By Yashila Govender, Bathandwa Mtebele, Julia Taylor and Imraan Valodia
PHILANTHROPY GAPS Ten universities receive increase in donor funds - R2.31-billion in a year - but disparities persist 5 min 1 By Msindisi Fengu
CAMPUS CRISIS Degrees of disorder — top varsities UCT and UWC in turmoil over vice-chancellors 5 min 13 By Msindisi Fengu
