BREAKING: The Private Student Housing Association (PSHA), which operates 80 000 beds across SA, urges NSFAS to settle outstanding rental payments immediately to avoid a #studentaccommodationcrisis. If not paid within 14 days, #students may lose access to their rooms. This

TUNE IN: Private #studentaccommodation providers owed R44m for 2024, issued an ultimatum to NSFAS. If not paid within 2 weeks, more than 6 000 returning students may be not allowed back in residence . We call on Dr Nobuhle Nkabane to urgently intervene and prevent this. SAfmRadio 📻

Tune In: “NSFAS recently informed accommodation providers to consider housing students at their own cost for January, which is unfair to the accommodation providers since NSFAS doesn’t pay student accommodation in December and January.” Newzroom Afrika Aldrin Sampear

#studentaccommodationcrisis

Have you seen the minimum norms and standards prescribed by NSFAS? Who will supply this at R3k per month close to campus? Also, did you know that people with NSFAS links bought a lot of buildings and converted it into student accommodation? Also, NSFAS pay R50k per 10

Cath PSHA tomorrow morning on 702 and CapeTalk on 567AM... Let's Go! Topic: Student Accommodation #NSFAS

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Cathy Mohlahlana on #SAfmTalkingPoint x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

New NSFAS Board needs to clarify student accommodation rate for 2025 #nsfas

Private accommodation providers believe the appointment represents a chance for NSFAS to renew itself. We are pleased Dr Nobuhle Nkabane with the board members’ exceptional qualifications and professional experience. We wish them well in their quest to turn NSFAS’ fortunes around!

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STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON DISBURSEMENT OF TVET ALLOWANCES AND NSFAS APPEALS PROCESS

We welcome the apology Dr Nobuhle Nkabane and we look forward to consequence management. We hope new Acting CEO will not continue to recycle incompetent personnel at NSFAS and put them at the forefront of the student accommodation project like his predecessors did. No juniors & PAs!

#OUTA raised the alarm on the #studentaccommodation crisis TWO YEARS AGO. We submitted a detailed report to the NSFAS board in 2023 and were ignored. We welcome the new board’s honesty in finally acknowledging the problem. Pity the previous leadership chose to look away.

PSHA welcomes the appointment of the new Minister and Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training.

“We are not at war with NSFAS. We are simply asking for what is rightfully owed to our members and for the dignity of students who rely on secure accommodation. The arrears are real, the consequences are dire, and the solution is ready, if NSFAS is willing to meet us halfway.”

We remain committed to ensuring that every student funded by NSFAS has access to safe, reliable, and quality housing. Our dispute is not with the principles of NSFAS but with the operational failures that put students at risk.

Catalysing Growth Through Partnership: PSHA’s collaboration with the IFC of the World Bank and the DFIs such as the PIC, NHFC and DBSA strengthens the link between public policy and private delivery, bridging the viability gap and ensuring that transformation, inclusion, and

We are working towards establishing the PSHA Insight Hub as a digital ecosystem that integrates financial, operational, and social data from member residences to power evidence-based advocacy, inclusive growth, and strategic investment.