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Manamela suffers legal blow over NSFAS board

Sowetan · 16 August 2026 at 07:09

Manamela suffers legal blow over NSFAS board

Higher education minister Buti Manamela faces mounting pressure after the court reinstated the NSFAS board and suspended administrator Hlengani Mathebula

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