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accommodation

NSFAS fails to pay accommodation rent, opening window for landlords to evict students

South Africa

NSFAS fails to pay accommodation rent, opening window for landlords to evict students

By Siyabonga Goni

Multiple funding crises open door to scammers as students await loan approvals and accommodation

South Africa

Multiple funding crises open door to scammers as students await loan approvals and accommodation

By Siyabonga Goni

Students sleeping outside Cape Town’s CPUT campus ‘failed to meet accommodation requirements’

South Africa

Students sleeping outside Cape Town’s CPUT campus ‘failed to meet accommodation requirements’

By Siyabonga Goni

Protests continue at UCT and Wits as students unite against housing and financial exclusion challenges

South Africa

Protests continue at UCT and Wits as students unite against housing and financial exclusion challenges

By Ernst Calitz and Takudzwa Pongweni

Stressed, stranded students left in housing limbo as accommodation chaos persists

South Africa

Stressed, stranded students left in housing limbo as accommodation chaos persists

By Takudzwa Pongweni and Naledi Sikhakhane

Students sleep in streets as Cape Peninsula University of Technology faces housing crisis

Maverick News

Students sleep in streets as Cape Peninsula University of Technology faces housing crisis

By Takudzwa Pongweni and Kristin Engel

UCT students sleep in SRC offices and lecture halls as university faces housing crisis

Maverick Citizen

UCT students sleep in SRC offices and lecture halls as university faces housing crisis

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Cape Town's rental crisis: are digital nomads driving prices beyond reach for locals?

Maverick News

Cape Town's rental crisis: are digital nomads driving prices beyond reach for locals?

By Rebecca Davis

NSFAS battles backlogs, staff and tech woes as MPs criticise R2m rent for swish Cape Town offices

South Africa

NSFAS battles backlogs, staff and tech woes as MPs criticise R2m rent for swish Cape Town offices

By Siyabonga Goni and Lisakanya Venna

NSFAS boss Freeman Nomvalo promises fresh processes and payment system by September

Maverick Citizen

NSFAS boss Freeman Nomvalo promises fresh processes and payment system by September

By Msindisi Fengu

Less room at the inn: Hotels and other establishments filling up at last

Business Maverick

Less room at the inn: Hotels and other establishments filling up at last

By Georgina Crouth

Price gouging the reason for NSFAS student housing allowance caps — Nzimande

South Africa

Price gouging the reason for NSFAS student housing allowance caps — Nzimande

By Alinaswe Lusengo