{
  "id": 6450473,
  "title": "Manamela warns NSFAS funding model is ‘unsustainable’ as shortfall heads towards R33 billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/manamela-warns-nsfas-funding-model-is-unsustainable-as-shortfall",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T17:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/education/2026-09-09-manamela-warns-nsfas-funding-model-is-unsustainable-as-shortfall-heads-towards-r33-billion/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has warned that NSFAS’s current funding model is unsustainable, with its shortfall projected to balloon to R33 billion by 2029.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}