All NSFAS students qualify for a book allowance of up to R5 200 for the year. Students registered for the full year will receive the maximum book allowance during February 2020. Students registered for one semester only, will qualify for R2 600 book allowance.
All students approved for a NSFAS bursary in and after 2018 can consider themselves debt free because your funding is in the form of a bursary and not a loan and therefore you will have no repayments. Students who have already graduated under
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande announced on Thursday that NSFAS students in need of laptops would only receive them in the new academic year, which begins in March 2021. This comes as the current academic year draws to a close for some institutions.
10 months
When will I receive my NSFAS allowances? NSFAS allowances will be paid during the first week of each month over a period of 10 months.
All students approved for a NSFAS bursary in and after 2018 can consider themselves debt free because your funding is in the form of a bursary and not a loan and therefore you will have no repayments. Students who have already graduated under NSFAS approved loans before 2018 will still have to repay their loans.