HOTEL SPLURGE: Double-booked hotels, a luxury 49-night estate stay – inside NSFAS boss Mathebula’s R110,000-plus spending spree

While tertiary students across South Africa demand an increase in food allowances and an accommodation cap, the upper echelon of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) appears to be operating on a vastly different budget, including eyebrow-raising spending on hotels.