Nzimande, who took flak in his budget vote debate over the ANC’s failure to attract younger academics to universities, also said he was shocked by the prevalence of National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) corruption on some campuses.
A forensic audit would begin by the end of the month focusing on institutions known to have NSFAS problems. It had to be provisionally finished by the end of the year.
The corrupt way the NSFAS is administered on some campuses has cost the ANC votes in student representative council elections. It recently lost to the DA at the University of Fort Hare.
