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

NSFAS has stated how many students have actively been accepted for funding, alongside when the TVET funding date is set.

“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) has guaranteed students vying for financial aid that funding for the 2026 academic year will be done timeously with upfront payments on February 1, ...

More than 100,000 students have lodged appeals with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme after receiving their funding outcomes for the 2026 academic year.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...