It is the email that stops your heart. Subject: Notice of Academic Exclusion. It means the Faculty Board has looked at your marks, decided you are not coping, and cancelled your registration to “save you…
You failed a few modules in your first year. You are panicking. Will NSFAS cut you off? The good news is: No. NSFAS builds in a “safety net” for failure. The bad news is: The…
Imagine this scenario: It is October. You have studied hard for your final Chemistry exam. You have your clear pencil case, your student card, and your calculator. You walk to the exam hall, check the…
You walk into the campus bookshop. You have your booklist. You scan the prices. Suddenly, your R5,000 allowance looks tiny. Textbooks are a massive industry, and if you aren’t smart, you will waste thousands of…
You’ve seen the movies. Orientation Week (or “Freshers’ Week”) looks like a week-long party of beer pong, concerts, and initiation. While the social events are fun, the real Orientation Week happens during the day. This…
You have your student card. You have your new laptop. You are ready. But by June, statistics show that 1 in 3 first-year students will have failed at least one major module. Why? It isn’t…
You have the acceptance letter. You have the funding. Now comes the panic: “Where am I going to live?” For a first-year student, this is more than just finding a bed. It is about finding…
The NSFAS rejection SMS is painful. Perhaps your parents earn R360,000 a year—just barely over the limit. You are now in the “Missing Middle”: too “rich” for government aid, but too poor to pay R60,000…
It is the notification every student dreads: “Application Unsuccessful.” But a rejection is not the end of the road. In 2025, over 28,000 students successfully appealed their rejection and received full funding. The system is…
In the far north of Limpopo, Vhembe TVET College is the primary skills provider for a massive rural community. From Musina on the Zimbabwean border to Tshisimani in the mountains, this college covers a geographical…