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 ...

More than 6 000 Nsfas applications are still awaiting verification, and 26 972 applicants still have outstanding documents.

"Students do have the right to appeal, and we're encouraging them if they want to appeal, they do so." The appeals window has opened as application outcomes are communicated, with the final deadline ...

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 ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has started announcing funding eligibility decisions for the 2026 academic year. In a statement, NSFAS said it had begun releasing decisions from ...

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 ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has urged students with pending appeals to submit all outstanding documents before the appeals window closes on 31 March 2026.Providing an update on ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme says it has processed 90 percent of the applications that initially had outstanding documents. The scheme said that more than half have already been approved ...

NSFAS has urged students to finalise appeals by March 31, 2026.

The 2025 matric results are out for all learners, now heading into tertiary education. This time can be stressful. It is filled with complex processes, mountains of paperwork and documents and a ...

Students, including first-time applicants and continuing students, who were rejected by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for funding, have until 31 January to appeal the decision.

Providing an update on applications for the 2026 academic year during a media briefing in Pretoria on Thursday, 5 March, NSFAS Acting CEO Waseem Carrim said the scheme has processed 101,201 appeals to ...