Nsfas should be easy to fix
South Africa’s banking system is such that there should be no problem whatsoever to disburse R35 billion to the right individuals.
The problem is those who should be focused on ensuring that the right candidates get on the list of people who must receive the funds are themselves finding foolproof ways of ensuring they are among those paid out by the financial aid scheme.
While the government could easily disburse R9 billion to needy students by paying funds directly to institutions before, a whole ecosystem had to be established to handle the R35 billion because there was now more to loot.
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