Kingsley Moswane laments how the National Student Financial Aid Scheme betrays students (Letters, March 13-19), but in my opinion, he fails to realise that the pot of government money is not bottomless and Jacob Zuma pulled a fast one on the government after he was booted out at the 2017 ANC conference.
He promised free higher education and with the stroke of a pen created a millstone for the government. I am puzzled why no-one stood up and vetoed that pie-in-the-sky idea.
I also struggle to understand why the modern-day student loan has morphed from just tuition fees to now include accommodation, food and pocket money.
It’s a huge drain on the fiscus and quite simply unsustainable.
Tony Ball
Gillitts
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