The South African Students Congress (Sasco) will be attempting to block students from registering at universities across the country from today. This forms part of a mass protest the student body is launching over its dissatisfaction with the National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). Sasco president Ntuthuko Makhombothi said on Sunday that the protest was over debts owed by the scheme to the universities and a lack of funds for new students. The problems have resulted in a number of students who have been accepted to study at universities and who qualify for funding being blocked from registering. Makhombothi said: "There will not be any registration that will happen in the universities until all students can register." He said it was a matter of solidarity. The general student strike is due to happen at all universities and college campuses and it will be coupled with protests at the Department of Higher Education and Training in Pretoria and the NSFAS offices in Cape Town.
- Read this report on page 2 of The Star of 27 January 2014
- Read too, 'Sasco calls for mass strike', atIOL News
- And also, 'Students funding threat', on page 5 of Sowetan of 27 January 2014
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