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NSFAS students battle to keep up with inflation

Living allowance runs out mid-month, students say

The living allowance awarded to eligible students at the University of Cape Town and other institutions is not keeping pace with inflation. Photo: Sikelelwa Sidinana

The living allowance awarded by the National Student Financial Aid Service (NSFAS) has not kept pace with inflation in recent years.
Students living off campus who get the R1,716-a-month allowance say they battle to make ends meet.
The allowance has increased by 14% since 2022 but inflation over the period was 20%.

Twenty-one-year-old Oyama* a second year Bachelor of Science Student at the University of the Western Cape, says her monthly living allowance from the National Student Financial Aid Service (NSFAS) is usually exhausted by the middle of the month.
Oyama, who lives with her…

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