Not underprivileged enough to qualify for NSFAS and not wealthy enough to pay for their own studies, this the situation of middle-class university students in South Africa. Some students have had no choice but to resort to crowd funding platforms like Back-a-Buddy. Lester Kiewit speaks SASCO President Vezinhlanhla Simelane and University of Pretoria student Emile Coetzee and UCT student Zeta Gertson who have turned to the platform to raise funds for his tertiary fees.