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Concerns mount over student accommodation as SA academic year approaches

Date: Feb 3, 2025

As South Africa's (SA) institutions of higher learning prepare to start the 2025 academic year, concerns are growing among students about whether they will find accommodation.

The Private Student Housing Association has raised alarms, stating that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has not paid its members last year's debt for student accommodation.

Kagiso Mamabolo, Chief Executive Officer of the Private Student Housing Association, revealed that they have sent a letter to the Higher Education Department requesting intervention.

"We have waited for NSFAS's empty promises. We have engaged with the administrator over the phone. He made promises, but none of our members have been paid, which means that in the coming few days or over the weekend, students are going to be affected. We wrote a letter to the minister and also to the department. We can no longer have this conversation with NSFAS if they keep sending us from pillar to post," Mamabolo stated.

--SABC/ChannelAfrica--