The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) provides crucial support to South African students from low-income households. If you are planning to apply for 2025, checking your NSFAS status ...

“NSFAS is pleased to confirm that it has processed all 2026 funding applications prior to the start of the 2026 academic year as committed to by the 31st December 2025. All students can view their ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) continues to grapple with significant challenges, affecting thousands of students across South African universities. Delays in funding disbursements, ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has guaranteed students vying for financial aid that funding for the 2026 academic year will be done timeously with upfront payments on February 1, ...

Nearly 700 000 students have been approved for funding by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) for the 2026 academic year. More than 132 000 applications have been rejected, according to ...

As February marks the beginning of the 2026 tertiary academic year, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) said it had successfully disbursed R3.6 billion to universities for student ...

For the 2026 academic year, NSFAS has streamlined its appeals process to ensure that every student is afforded a fair and equitable opportunity to have their application reconsidered. “Upon receiving ...

Last week, a student activist advised potential NSFAS students who were grant recipients they could go straight to the Wits University financial aid office where they would be “automatically treated ...

Over 600,000 students have been approved for funding for the 2026 academic year, with more than 85,000 in the process of verification. National Student Financial Aid ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has processed all funding applications ahead of the start of the 2026 academic year. "NSFAS is pleased to confirm that it has processed all 2026 ...