{"id":949,"date":"2026-07-24T06:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/siu-finds-over-r5-billion-in-nsfas-funds-given-to-ineligible-students\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T06:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:44:31","slug":"siu-finds-over-r5-billion-in-nsfas-funds-given-to-ineligible-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/i-siu-ithole-imali-engaphezu-kwezigidigidi-ezi-r5-kwi-nsfas-enikezwe-abafundi-abangafaneleki\/","title":{"rendered":"I-SIU Ithole Imali Engaphezu Kwezigidigidi Eziyi-R5 Ze-NSFAS Enikezwe Abafundi Abangafaneleki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I-Special Investigating Unit (SIU) iqinisekisile ukuthi imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-5 zabelwe abafundi abangaphezu kuka-40,000 ababengafanelekeli ukwesekwa yi-National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) phakathi kuka-2018 no-2021, kanti ukwehluleka ekuhlolweni kwezimali kanye nokuntuleka kwemininingwane yemali engenayo yabazali kuvumela abamukeli abangafaneleki ukuthola izibonelelo.<\/p>\n<h4>Imizamo Yokuphenya Nokubuyisela Impilo ye-SIU<\/h4>\n<p>I-SIU ibike ukuthi laba bafundi, abasabalele ezikhungweni zemfundo ephakeme ezingu-76, badlule umkhawulo wemali engenayo yemindeni engu-R350,000, okuwumkhawulo wokufaneleka kokusekelwa yi-NSFAS. Esitatimendeni sayo, i-SIU ithe, \u201cUphenyo lwe-SIU kuze kube manje luveze ukuthi abafundi abangaphezu kuka-40,000 ezikhungweni zemfundo ephakeme ezingu-76 kungenzeka ukuthi baxhaswe ngendlela engafanele.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I-NSFAS isiqalile ukuqeda imali yalaba bafundi abangafaneleki futhi isebenza ukubuyisa imali eyabiwe ngendlela engafanele. Ngokusho kwesitatimende se-NSFAS, \u201cLolu ulwazi i-Nsfas eyabelana ngalo ne-SIU futhi luhlanganisa iminyaka yezifundo yangaphambilini kuze kube ngu-2019. Lokhu kusekelwe ezimweni lapho abafakizicelo baqamba amanga ngolwazi lwabo lwesicelo ukuze bazuze ngokungafanele kulolu hlelo.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Impendulo Yesikhungo Nokululama Okuqhubekayo<\/h4>\n<p>Njengengxenye yenqubo yokulungisa, iNyuvesi yaseGoli ibuyisele u-R311 million kwizimali ze-NSFAS ezingakabiwa ezazihloselwe abafundi abashintshe izikhungo noma abasuliwe phakathi kuka-2016 no-2021. I-SIU iphinde yasiza ekubuyiselweni kwemali ecishe ibe ngu-R38.3 million evela emakolishi amathathu e-TVET futhi yathi ibuyisele u-R1.7 billion esikhwameni se-NSFAS ukuze siqondiswe ezidingweni zabafundi.<\/p>\n<p>I-SIU inxuse izikhungo ukuthi zibambisane nokubuyiselwa kwemali, ithi, \u201cI-SIU ikhuthaza zonke izikhungo zemfundo ephakeme ukuthi zize phambili futhi zikhokhele imali engakabiwa okufanele i-NSFAS.\u201d Lezi zenzo zilandela uphenyo olunzulu olwaqalwa ngoSepthemba 2022, ngombiko wokuqala owethulwe eKomidini Elihlala Likhona Lezimali Zomphakathi lasePhalamende ngo-Ephreli 2023 ochaza ubukhulu bokwabiwa kabi kwemali.<\/p>\n<p>Izinhlelo zokubuyisa imali ze-SIU kanye ne-NSFAS ziyaqhubeka, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi kubuyiselwe imali eyengeziwe njengoba izikhungo eziningi zihlola izabelo zazo futhi zisebenza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi usizo lugeleza kubafundi abafanelekayo kuphela.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I-SIU yembule ukuthi imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-R5 ze-NSFAS yabelwe abafundi abangaphezu kuka-40,000 abangafaneleki phakathi kuka-2018 no-2021, okwabangela izinyathelo zokutakula.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[253,546,543,444,174,544],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sa-news","tag-corruption","tag-higher-education","tag-nsfas","tag-siu","tag-south-africa","tag-student-funding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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