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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: A billion-rand blunder — inside NSFAS’s suspicious student housing outsourcing saga

ABI Analysis · South Africa macro Sentiment: -0.85 (very_negative) · 19/03/2026
NSFAS’s controversial outsourcing practices have cost South African taxpayers up to R1-billion, exposing failures in managing student accommodation and verifying service provider integrity.

Sources: Daily Maverick

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