UNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo Ephakeme Nokuqeqesha uButi Manamela kanye nabaphathi abaphezulu be-NSFAS bahlolwe yiPhalamende kulandela izinsolo zokukhokhelwa okungagunyaziwe kwabeluleki abane, ngemuva kokuthi i-NSFAS ibekwe ngaphansi kokuphathwa ngomhlaka-4 Meyi 2026 ngenxa yokungazinzi kokuphathwa, ngokusho kwezitatimende zikahulumeni ezisemthethweni kanye nemibiko ye-SAnews kanye ne-Daily Maverick.

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USolwazi Hlengani Mathebula waqokwa njengomphathi we-NSFAS ngemuva kokuba uNgqongqoshe uManamela echithe ibhodi, esebenza ukubhekana nokungazinzi okuqhubekayo kanye nezingxabano zangaphakathi. Lesi sinyathelo salandela ukwesula kukaDkt. Karen Stander njengoSihlalo we-NSFAS ngoNovemba 2025, owacaphuna izinsongo, ukwesabisa, ukuxhashazwa, kanye nobandlululo encwadini yakhe yokusula esemthethweni, ngokusho kweDemocratic Alliance.

UNgqongqoshe uManamela uvikele isinqumo sokuphatha ngesikhathi ekhuluma nabezindaba ngomhlaka-29 Meyi 2026, ethi kubalulekile ukuzinzisa lesi sikhungo ngaphambi kokuqalisa izinguquko eziphelele zokuxhaswa kwabafundi. I-Special Investigating Unit selokhu yathola u-R1.7 billion we-NSFAS, umphumela ungqongqoshe awuchaze ngokuthi “isinyathelo esibalulekile ekubuyiseleni ubuqotho, ukuzibophezela kanye nokuzethemba komphakathi ekuphathweni kosizo lwezezimali lwabafundi.”

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Nakuba izinkokhelo ezingavunyiwe ezinikezwa abeluleki zisaphenywa, iDemocratic Alliance kanye neKomidi Lezemfundo Ephakeme bobabili bafuna ukuba nesibopho esiphelele. UTebogo Letsie, usihlalo wekomidi, utshele iPhalamende, “Intshisekelo yethu yi-NSFAS ezinzile esebenza ukuzuzisa abafundi baseNingizimu Afrika abampofu abangeke bafinyelele amathuba emfundo yangemva kwesikole ngaphandle kokusekelwa yi-NSFAS.”

UNgqongqoshe uManamela uqinisekise abathintekayo esithangamini nabezindaba ukuthi lesi sinyathelo sokuphatha ngeke siphazamise ukusebenza okuyinhloko. “Ukuxhaswa kwabafundi kuzoqhubeka, izibonelelo zizoqhubeka, izinqubo zokudlulisa amacala zizoqhubeka, kanti amanyuvesi namakolishi e-TVET azoqhubeka nokusebenzisa i-NSFAS ngendlela esebenzayo,” kusho yena.

Kulindeleke ukuthi iPhalamende lithole izibuyekezo ezengeziwe mayelana nomphumela wophenyo mayelana nezinkokhelo zabeluleki emasontweni azayo.