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JAMEO CALVERT The Chairperson of the residence sub-council, Lara Thom, was happy to share with PDBY that the fund has turned out to be successful. According to her, they are ahead of their schedule, and have since been able to make the first round of payments on 27 April. She says that they were able to assist approximately 98 residence students with a disbursement amount to the value of approximately R 47 000. Thom explained that the second round of payments was processed over the weekend of 1 May, and states that “hopefully, this will aid around 150 residence students”. As of 3 May, theRead More →

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JAMEO CALVERT On 31 March, Flywire rolled out their platform to aid UP international students make fee payments. According to Munya Chiura, Flywire South Africa Country Manager, the payment option is immediately available for use by the University of Pretoria’s international students. Chiura told PDBY that Flywire allows international students to pay their tuition accounts from over 240 countries in their domestic currencies stating that “ [it is] especially critical now, given COVID-19”. “Students and their families can easily leverage [their] global payment network to securely make international payments from the safety and convenience of their homes”. Their services are especially beneficial to international studentsRead More →

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NOKWANDA KUBHEKA Adhering to the instructions of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dr Blade Nzimande, on 27 March, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) released a statement detailing its plan of operations during the national lockdown. The statement made it clear that the lockdown will not affect the payment of allowances to students. All NSFAS offices and the contact centre will be closed but this will not affect student allowances, appeals and the processing of applications. Instead, an alternative virtual contact centre has been set up and is accessible from 08h30 to 17h00, Monday to Friday. The alternative communication channels andRead More →

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TOCHUKWU ERESIA-EKEA It’s that time of the year, where UP students across different residences, day houses and faculty houses band together with other members of the larger community to organise the annual student-driven fundraising event, RAG of Hope Day. RAG of Hope Day was created by the UP RAG (Reach Out and Give) Committee, a student-driven organisation dedicated to developing students through participation in fundraising and philanthropy. With the theme of this year’s RAG of Hope Day being “Together We Make the Perfect Blend”, its organisers aim to bring students, staff and members of the public from all walks of life together in using theirRead More →

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Ntokozo Zondo On the evening of 19 August, residence students received a message on WhatsApp groups from their chairs and prims alerting them of the cancellation of the TuksRes Meal Bank programme. TuksRes Management released a written statement entitled “Meal Bank Termination” at midday on 20 August, elaborating on the message received by students the previous evening. The document states the reason for cancelling the meal bank programme at this time, “after two weeks of testing this model and listening to the Residence Sub-Council suggestions, this model will be paused and moulded into an improved version”. The document hints at the meal bank programme beingRead More →

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TuksRes, in conjunction with the Residence sub-council, have implemented a Meal Bank programme.   NTOKOZO ZONDO TuksRes, in conjunction with the Residence sub-council, have implemented a Meal Bank programme, where students who have less than R3960 left in their student meal account will have their daily limit reduced from R100 to R30. TukRes stated that the purpose of this programme is “ to ensure that all students have at least R30 available per day for the remainder of the academic year ([until] December 2nd)”. The Meal Bank programme was initially pitched to residence students at the beginning of the second semester as a Pilot Project thatRead More →