NSFAS students battle to keep up with inflation

Words: Sikelelwa Sidinana / GroundUp Twenty-one-year-old Oyama, a second year Bachelor of Science Student at the University of the Western Cape, says her monthly living allowance from the National Student Financial Aid Service (NSFAS) is usually exhausted by the middle of the month. Oyama, who lives with her grandmother in Langa, gets a R1,716-a-month living allowance and R850 a month for … Continue reading NSFAS students battle to keep up with inflation