IPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo EphakemeNokuqeqeshwa, uYusuf Cassim, selinikelengokusemthethweni kubaphathi beNyuvesi yaseNingizimuAfrika (Unisa) izikhalo nemibuzo ebhalwe phansi etholwekubafundi bale nyuvesi.
Lezi zikhalo zigqamisa ukukhathazeka ngokubambezelekakokukhokhwa kwesibonelelo se-National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) esibizwa nge-Personal Care Allowance, kanye nokuyekiswa kwesibonelelo sedathayanyanga zonke.
Izikhalo ezathunyelwa nge-Helpdesk yePhinilikaNgqongqoshe ziveze ukungagculiseki kwabafundiabaningi ngenxa yokubambezeleka kokukhokhwakwesibonelelo sangoJulayi, kanye nezinselelo eziqhubekayozokutholakala kwedatha nokuxhumana nge-inthanethi, okuyizinto ezibalulekile kubafundi abafunda bekude.Bangaphezu kuka-93 000 abafundi base-Unisa abathintekilengenxa yalokhu kubambezeleka.
Emhlanganweni wakamuva obuhanjelwe uCassim, abaphathibase-Unisa, abaholi babafundi kanye nabamele i-NSFAS, kuqinisekisiwe ukuthi i-NSFAS yadlulisela izimaliezidingekayo e-Unisa mhla zi-2 kuJulayi 2026. Nokho, inyuvesi yabhekana nenkinga yobuchwepheshe ohlelwenilwayo eyaholela ekubambezelekeni kokukhokhelwakwabanye abafundi.
Ngokusho kwe-Unisa, le nkinga yobuchwephesheyaxazululwa ngoMsombuluko, mhla ziyisi-6 kuJulayi 2026, kanti ukukhokhwa kwezimali ezisalele emuva kuyaqhubeka.
IPhini likaNgqongqoshe lithe abafundi bekungafanelebabhekane nalokhu kubambezeleka, ikakhulukazi njengobaimali yesibonelelo se-Personal Care Allowance incane.
“Uma sikhuluma iqiniso, u-R316 ngenyanga kumfundi ofundaekude, okuyimali engaphansi kwe-Social Relief Grant, akwanele neze uma kubhekwa izinsiza abafundi abazidingayoukuze baphumelele ezifundweni zabo. Nokho, lokhukuyindaba yenqubomgomo engaguqulwa kuphela ngesikhathisokubuyekezwa kwenqubomgomo ye-NSFAS minyakayonke,” kusho uCassim.
Izinqumo nezinyathelo ezithathiwe
Lo mhlangano uphethe ngokuzibophezela okuninganaokuhloswe ngakho ukubhekana nezinselelo eziphuthumayonokwenza ngcono ukusebenzisana phakathi kwe-NSFAS ne-Unisa.
UCassim uzobhalela uMlawuli we-NSFAS, uSolwaziHlengani Mathebula, ecela umbiko ophelele mayelananezinhlelo zokudluliselwa kwezibonelelo ezikhungwenizemfundo.
Uthe okwenzeke e-Unisa kuveze ubuthakathaka ohlelweniolukhona njengamanje, lapho i-NSFAS idlulisa izimalikuphela ngemva kokuqala kwenyanga, okushiya izikhungozemfundo zinesikhathi esincane sokucubungula nokukhokhelaabafundi. Unxuse ukuthi kubuyekezwe uhlelo lokudluliswakwezimali ukuze luhambisane kangcono nezidingo.
I-NSFAS iphinde yazibophezela ngokuthumela ithimbalomnyango wayo wezezimali e-Unisa ngesonto elizayo ukuzelihlanganise futhi liqinisekise izinkokhelo ezisalele emuva, liphinde lixazulule nezinye izindaba zezimali ezithinta lezizinhlangano zombili.
Abaphathi base-Unisa nabo bazibophezele ekuhleleniumhlangano oqondile phakathi kukaCassim nabafundibenyuvesi, ukuze athole ithuba lokulalela izikhalo zabo ngqofuthi aziqonde kangcono.
Ithuba lokubuyekezwa kwenqubomgomo
UCassim uthe ukubuyekezwa kwenqubomgomo ye-NSFAS minyaka yonke, kanye nokubuyekezwa okuzayo koMthethowe-NSFAS, kunikeza ithuba lokulungisa izinkingaesezinesikhathi eside zithinta abafundi abafunda bekude.
Lezi zihlanganisa ukungafakwa kwabafundi base-Unisaababhalisele izifundo ezingaphansi kweziyi-10 ukuze batholeizibonelelo, ukunganele kwemali engu-R316 ye-Personal Care Allowance, ukungabi bikho kwezinye izibonelelo ngaphandlekwe-Personal Care Allowance nesibonelelo sezincwadiesikhokhwa kanye kuphela, kanye nohlelo lokuxhasangezimali izikhungo ezifundisa abafundi bekude njenge-Unisa.
Uthe ukuvakasha kwakhe e-Unisa kumsize ukuthi aqondekangcono lezi zinselelo, okuzomqondisa ngesikhathi enikelaemisebenzini yokubuyekezwa kwenqubomgomo ngesikhathiesifanele.
Unxuse ukuthi kubuyiswe isibonelelo sedathasanyanga zonke
UCassim uphinde wanxusa uMkhandlu wase-Unisa ukuthiubuyekeze isinqumo sawo sokuyeka ukunikeza abafundiisibonelelo sedatha sanyanga zonke.
Ugcizelele ukuthi ukutholakala kwe-inthanethi ethengekayonethembekile kubalulekile empumelelweni yabafundiabafunda bekude.
Nakuba amukele imizamo yoMkhandlu yokuxoxisananabalingani bemboni ezimele ukuze kutholakale idathaeshibhile, uCassim uthe kudingeka kutholakale isixazululoesisimeme esizoqinisekisa ukuthi abafundi bathola isibonelelosedatha njalo ngenyanga.
Uphinde waqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwakheekuqhubekiseni umsebenzi we-Helpdesk, ayichaze“njengesandla esisizayo” esihlinzeka ngosizo olusheshayonoluqondene nomfundi ngamunye ngokudlulisa imibuzonezikhalo ezifanele ukuze kutholakale izixazululo eziphusile.
“Izikhalo zabafundi bethu zisemthethweni futhi kufanelezibhekwane nazo ngokushesha nangozwelo. Sizoqhubekanokusebenza ngokubambisana nabo bonke ababambiqhazaukuze kutholakale izixazululo ezisimeme eziqinisekisa ukuthiakukho mfundi oshiywa ngaphandle,” kusho yena.
IPhini likaNgqongqoshe liphinde laphakamisa ezinye izikhaloezitholwe nge-Helpdesk yalo, okuhlanganisa nezinsolozokuthi abanye abafundi bathole imali engaphansi kuka-R316 wesibonelelo se-Personal Care Allowance.
Inyuvesi iziphikile lezi zinsolo, nakuba yethulwe ubufakaziphakathi nomhlangano, yacela ukuthi zonke izikhaloezibikiwe zithunyelwe kuyo ukuze zihlolwe ngazinye besekuphendulwa lapho kudingeka khona.
