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Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has urged all learners who do not have financial assistance to continue their studies in 2024, to submit their applications for 2024 funding.

Applications for the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) opened on 21 November 2023 and will close on 31 January 2024.

Sports, Arts and Culture

With football being a relatively short career, Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa has encouraged athletes to learn the business of football and its supporting ecosystems while still active in their playing careers so they can participate in the industry.

A total of 664 hemp and cannabis farmers received permits granting them authorisation to cultivate, store and transport content with a Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) limited to 0.2% by the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD). 

Relebohile Nko is the owner and director of a small scale farming company called Manosi JRM, which is based in Bethulie in the Free State.

Access to water

Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has committed to ensure that Operation Bulela Metsi meets its obligations to the people of Dinokana, North West, and ultimately the whole province.

Office of the President

The Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD) – known as the R350 grant – may not seem much to some, but to many it is a path to financial freedom.

Universities and colleges have been urged to continue to implement programmes towards addressing sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) within the higher education system.

Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande,  commented following a video of a university student stabbing his wife at a private student residence in Belhar, Cape Town, circulated on social media.