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Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has previously stressed that SETAs should no longer be viewed as grant-disbursing agencies or bursary administrators but as strategic economic institutions responsible for aligning workplace learning with industry demand.
THE EDITORS INTERVIEW

Manamela bets on SETAs overhaul to tackle youth joblessness

In an exclusive sit-down with The National, Manamela reveals his plans to overhaul a skills system that has barely changed since 2000 — and what comes next.

  • Siphelele Dludla
6 min read
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) leader Steve Biko on September 25, 1977, in King William’s Town. Biko was murdered by the apartheid regime’s security police. From his formative years as a founding intellectual of the BCM alongside his close friend Biko, Barney Pityana has consistently pushed the limits of the status quo, says the writer.
POLITICS

Steve Biko's leadership: Barney Pityana's warning to a drifting nation

Nearly 50 years after Steve Biko’s murder, Barney Pityana’s voice — forged in struggle, scholarship and conscience — remains a stark reminder of the leadership South Africa has…

  • Edwin Naidu
8 min read
An estimated R320 million intended for student support remains dormant in accounts linked to NSFAS’s discontinued Celbux voucher payment system, with the SIU revealing that some institutions are refusing to repay the funds because they are owed money by the financial aid scheme.
HIGHER EDUCATION

R320m in dormant NSFAS accounts as universities resist repaying funds

The SIU says R320 million in dormant NSFAS Celbux accounts remains unrecovered as some institutions resist repayment.

  • Ntsikelelo Qoyo
4 min read
The court has temporarily suspended the appointment of NSFAS Administrator Professor Hlengani Mathebula pending the outcome of a review application.
NSFAS

NSFAS board reinstated by court as Mathebula's appointment put on hold

The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria has ordered the reinstatement of the NSFAS board pending the outcome of an application to set aside the appointment of administrator Hlengani…

  • Ntsikelelo Qoyo
4 min read