RC 260819702Bongani Bingwa
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
NSFAS and student hardship dominated the morning, with a sharp clash over whether the scheme is a disaster, alongside updates on university protests and corruption investigations.
- 08:01
Public Protector findings put NSFAS under fresh pressure: 40,000 qualifying students were unfunded, another 40,000 were improperly funded, and universities face a cash-flow crisis from unpaid tuition bills.
- 07:20
Parliament’s higher-education chair Debo Ho Litzia rejected the idea that NSFAS is a “complete disaster”, saying the scheme funds over a million students and the real problem is about 40,000 delayed or irregular cases.
- 08:02
CPUT students marched to Parliament with 23 demands after protests over a withdrawn R7,000 registration plan; the university ordered residents out after a building was torched, but students refused to leave.
- 07:05
The NPA said corruption at Tembisa Hospital will eventually lead to arrests and prosecutions, after Scopa questioned why Hangwani Maumela has not yet been arrested despite assets worth more than R300 million being seized.
- 08:04
Fadil Adams is due at the Madlanga Commission as testimony continues on crime-intelligence misconduct, while prosecutors in another linked case admitted being under pressure from the NPA before withdrawing charges.