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South Africa's largest distance learning institution has called on students to pay their initial fees. Failure to make the payment could impact the student’s registration at the institution. 

Applications for the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant are still open and will close next March. One of the most common way of submitting an SRD grant application is online.

At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) was created to help people whose income was lost due to the pandemic.

With more than 10 million beneficiaries of the R350 grant, there are several options where benefits can collect their R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant.

More than 14 million people applied for the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. However, only 10 million people are benefiting from the grant.

As the academic year progresses at tertiary education institutions around the country, students funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) will be eagerly waiting for their money to purchase essentials.

With an increase in South Africa’s unemployment rate in the final quarter of 2022, more people will rely on the financial support of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). 

In South Africa, 46.2% of the country’s population is unemployed according to the expanded definition of unemployment which includes people who are available for work but not looking for a job.

An online petition has gained traction at South Africa’s largest university after it was announced that only students who had proof of employment could enrol in one of the programmes offered at the university.

The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns tripled South Africa’s school dropout rate and resulted in many educational gains being wiped out.

PostBank has confirmed that it has lost millions after it suffered a cyber crime attack in which money was siphoned into bank accounts and withdrawn before it could be detected.  

The Social Relief of Distress (SRD) R350 grant is one of the many grants distributed by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa).

In South Africa, approximately 46% of the population are beneficiaries of a social grant. This means that 27.8 million South Africans are social grant recipients.

After years of preparation, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will officially receive the Early Childhood Development (ECD) function from the Department of Social Development (DSD). 

Almost two in every three youth in South Africa are unemployed as the unemployment rate in the category stands at a staggering 65.5%. 

Recipients of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) R350 grant will only have one day on which they can go to the post office to collect their money. Here’s Why…

The approach to the opening of schools in South Africa will remain staggered with coastal and inland schools beginning their respective school years on different dates.

In March, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) changed the days on which grants are paid out, but where does this leave the R350 grant?

The National Student Financial Scheme has distanced itself from the prosecution of Sibongile Mani, the so-called millionaire student who was sentenced to five years behind bars after being convicted of fraud.

A student from Walter Sisulu University has been sentenced to five years in jail after spending money from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) that was erroneously deposited into her bank account.