Student body calls for removal of higher education minister

The South African Students Congress (SASCO) has called for the immediate removal of Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane, saying she has failed to deliver on the department’s basic responsibilities, including the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), writes Faizel Patel for The Citizen.

SASCO briefed the media on Sunday 29 June to discuss the state of the Higher Education Ministry, NSFAS and the Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA).

They are the third organisation this week to call for the minister’s axing, after the Economic Freedom Fighters and the Democratic Alliance also lodged complaints against her. Nkabane has come under fire after being embroiled in allegations of corruption as well as the illegal appointment of the SETA board by ‘misleading’ parliament by providing false information about the procedure for appointing the SETA chairs – a list dominated by African National Congress cadres – and the composition of the panel that appointed the chairs.
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