Johnathan Paoli
THE National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Higher Education expressed its disappointment at the lack of comprehensive information provided by NSFAS’s four direct payment service providers in addressing the non-payment of students and other problems associated with investigations into the financial aid scheme.
The meeting with NSFAS and the four direct payment service providers on Wednesday 4 October was to establish steps to deal with NSFAS’s information and communication technologies challenges, gather further information on the accreditation and cost associated with accommodation service providers, the efficiency, capacity, fee structure and non-payment of allowances by direct payment service providers, and to establish the progress of the Werksman investigation regarding alleged tender irregularities committed by NSFAS CEO Andile Nongogo, who is on leave of absence while the probe continues..
Last month, NSFAS briefed Parliament on its new direct payment system and other issues and faced sharp criticism from the committee for
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