NSFAS has revealed students' statuses regarding funding. If you have seen your status and have been rejected, here are some reasons why this may have happened. 

If you're a South African student who is looking to study short courses, you may be wondering whether you can be funded by NSFAS. You can keep reading to find out!

NRF, National Research Foundation, provides funding for full-time students for their postgraduate studies which they must complete in a fixed number of years. The NRF only funds certain degrees so read below to learn what degrees are funded by the NRF. 

The FundiCard is a payment method for students who are funded by Fundi. It is similar to a debit card for students to spend their funds from Fundi. 

In order to check your balance on your Fundi card, there are a few ways:

NSFAS is a financial aid scheme that supports students with funding for their studies. If you are a NSFAS funded student you may want to know if you need to re-apply for NSFAS every year to recieve funding. You can keep reading to find out! 

NSFAS is a bursary that covers many different expenses, but is a laptop included in a NSFAS bursary? 

The challenge of starting at a new university or college is exciting but is also very daunting. 

Here are my top 5 tips for first year students to ease into university life and make the transition slightly easier.

NSFAS, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, funds students for their studies from money they receive from the government. If you are funded by NSFAS, not only will your studies but also further funding for other expenses. 

Scholarships are one of the options for student funding that you may be investigating. In this mini series of articles named Pros and Cons, Bursaries Portal outlines the advantages and disadvantages of scholarships, bursaries and student loans. 

As a NSFAS funded student, or in general, you may be curious as to how NSFAS ensures that students funded before 2018 pay back their loan. 

National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) provides financial assistance in the form of bursaries to eligible students at South African public universities and TVET colleges. 

National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) offers bursaries to South African students who plan to study at public universities and TVET colleges. They cover funding for registration, tuition and allowances.

If you are a NSFAS funded student who has failed a course or if you're going to be a NSFAS student, you may be wondering if NSFAS will fund you if you fail? 

The answer is yes they will continue funding you. 

20% of applicants who applied for the SRD grant were rejected by SASSA because they were IRP5 registered. To find out what this means you can read below. 

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is a government run bursary scheme for students, which receives its funding budget from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and also reports to the DHET. NSFAS provides bursaries to students who meet the

To complete your SASSA applications, you need to sign a declaration and a consent form. To find out where you can get these documents, you can keep reading! 

If you're looking to cancel your SASSA SRD application, keep reading as we give you a guide on how to do so.

Funza Lushaka provides funding for students who are studying to be teachers. If you are funded by Funza Lushaka you may be wondering if you are allowed to accept a Funza Lushaka bursary as well as another bursary. 

In December 2017, the President announced that NSFAS will offer bursaries as a form of free education rather than loans that need to be paid back. Students who received a NSFAS loan before the president's address need to repay the loaned amount as per the agreement form that was signed.

Here's how to change your number on your myNSFAS aaccount.

To change your number, you need to: