Student Loan Rampage In South Africa
During Monday's protest students said they would not stop until their demands were met according to the IOL (iol.co.za). The whole mess appears to have been caused in part by students being mislead into believing that they had tuition 100% paid for by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme.
Bottom line is that students did not know they owed any funds until they showed up for registration and by that time it was to late to make a plan. All-in-all it sounds like a pretty big mess and I know that if I were one of those students I would probably be right out there with them and we wish everyone affected the best of luck.
