In a response to a Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentary question, it has emerged that a staggering 16 172 eligible tertiary education students were denied funding from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in 2009. This represents more than a 45% increase in the number of eligible students being denied funding, compared with the 11 [...]

The Democratic Alliance Youth will, beginning today, be campaigning across 17 university campuses countrywide, in support of DA Shadow Minister of Finance Dr. Dion George’s proposal for a zero rating of VAT on textbooks. We will also be handing over a memorandum to the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance to this effect [...]

News that school feeding scheme suppliers in the Eastern Cape have not been paid since January signals the urgent need for action by the Minister of Basic Education. 100,000 schoolchildren risk losing their daily meals as the provincial department has not paid them for three months. The Education Department in the Eastern Cape admits it [...]