The Special Investigation Unit says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has failed to design and implement controls to ensure that there is an annual reconciliation between the funds disbursed to institutions of higher learning and the allocation of those funds to the students. This as the SIU has urged students who received NSFAS funds unduly to come forward. The SIU says its in the process of collecting more that 112 Million rands from beneficiaries who did not qualify to be funded by NSFAS. Udo Carelse spoke to SIU spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago

The Special Investigation Unit says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has failed to design and implement controls to ensure that there is an annual reconciliation between the funds disbursed to institutions of higher learning and the allocation of those funds to the students. This as the SIU has urged students who received NSFAS funds unduly to come forward. The SIU says its in the process of collecting more that 112 Million rands from beneficiaries who did not qualify to be funded by NSFAS. Udo Carelse spoke to SIU spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago

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Special Investigation Unit to go after students who unduly benefited from National Student Financial Aid Scheme

Civil society organisation, Joburg Crisis Alliance is calling for the resignation of the Johannesburg Executive Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, citing a sharp decline in citizen confidence and continuing failures by the city's leadership. The organisation says that under Gwamanda, the city's mishandling electricity tariffs and water cuts have intensified. It says that it be embarking on a mass demonstration next week to support this call. Udo Carelse spoke to convener of Joburg Crisis Alliance, Ishmael Mkhabela

Civil society organisation, Joburg Crisis Alliance is calling for the resignation of the Johannesburg Executive Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, citing a sharp decline in citizen confidence and continuing failures by the city's leadership. The organisation says that under Gwamanda, the city's mishandling electricity tariffs and water cuts have intensified. It says that it be embarking on a mass demonstration next week to support this call. Udo Carelse spoke to convener of Joburg Crisis Alliance, Ishmael Mkhabela

Civil society organisation, Joburg Crisis Alliance calls for Johannesburg Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda to be fired

Major US airlines have grounded flights across the country, citing communication issues, in what appears to be related to a global IT outage, which affected banks, emergency services and airports around the world on Friday morning. American Airlines has blamed what it calls technical issue on Crowdstrike, an antivirus software. Here in South Africa, there were delays in updating the Johannesburg Stock Exchange's data, with Capitec bank also severely affected, as customers could not transact or communicate with the bank. Udo Carelse spoke to Broadband Editor, Jan Vermulen...

Major US airlines have grounded flights across the country, citing communication issues, in what appears to be related to a global IT outage, which affected banks, emergency services and airports around the world on Friday morning. American Airlines has blamed what it calls technical issue on Crowdstrike, an antivirus software. Here in South Africa, there were delays in updating the Johannesburg Stock Exchange's data, with Capitec bank also severely affected, as customers could not transact or communicate with the bank. Udo Carelse spoke to Broadband Editor, Jan Vermulen...

Global IT outage left banks, emergency services and airports hanging on Friday morning.

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says over 30 suspects have been shot in shootouts with the police. Mkhwanazi has provided an update on the state of policing in the province, including arrests, detection performance, shootouts as well as progress on high profile cases. Mkhwanazi says the deployment of additional police officers to the province to monitor crime hotspots in the run-up to and during the national and provincial elections in May assisted crime prevention efforts. Udo Carelse spoke to Violence monitor and UKZN researcher, Mary De Haas

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says over 30 suspects have been shot in shootouts with the police. Mkhwanazi has provided an update on the state of policing in the province, including arrests, detection performance, shootouts as well as progress on high profile cases. Mkhwanazi says the deployment of additional police officers to the province to monitor crime hotspots in the run-up to and during the national and provincial elections in May assisted crime prevention efforts. Udo Carelse spoke to Violence monitor and UKZN researcher, Mary De Haas

Special Investigation Unit to go after students who unduly benefited from National Student Financial Aid Scheme

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