An estimated 10% of the University of the Free State’s (UFS) 30,000 students go without regular meals, the university said on Monday.

An event was held at the UFS at the weekend to raise funds for a food bursary which would help students have a daily balanced meal, said spokeswoman Lacea Loader.

“These students do not ask [for] red meat; just something to be able to study,” UFS Rector Jonathan Jansen said at the fundraiser for the No Student Hungry campaign (NSH).

He donated R100,000 — the royalties from sales of his book “We need to talk”.

Jansen said the students who were helped often had strong academic records, but not enough money to sustain themselves with a regular meal.

Loader said needy students normally did not have much cash left over from their bursaries or sponsorships for basics such as food.

She said the NSH was established in January 2011 and now funded about 100 students. It was hoped even more could be helped as support for the project grew.

The first 100 students awarded the food bursary started using their student cards for daily meals on campus on April 1 2011.

Loader said students had to apply for the NSH bursary and were selected on the basis of their financial needs, academic results, active participation in student life programmes, and commitment to give back to the community.

She said at the end of the year the process would be reviewed and students who still qualified would be re-instated on the programme.

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Mar 26, 2012

Danielrjvv1

Rector Jansen is really a hope for this country, he has done so much and hopefully do so much more, his insight is invaluable and if ever you get a chance to go to one of his lectures do not say no.
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Mar 26, 2012

montangoo

BIG UP to Prof Jonathan Jansen.
Inkosi iku busise.
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Mar 26, 2012

Papage

If Students go hungry and the same intitution increase fees, is that normal? This country is going to the dogs.
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Mar 26, 2012

Danielrjvv1

Papage
This can also be said, but there are people out there like Jansen who is willing to give back to make such things not happen. I like this man
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Mar 26, 2012

CheeseBoy

Eh SOWETAN

THESE FNB ADS ARE GETTING ON MY NERVES. :-(
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Mar 26, 2012

TKay

Thank you Prof...but I we going to be country that depends on donations while the government is having irregular exoenditures every financial year?
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Mar 26, 2012

sakhomba

real SA men. at least not all of us are ostentatious and eat sushi off bodies of naked women.
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Mar 26, 2012

tpaz

food for s.ex schemes work in other campuses
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Mar 26, 2012

Mohumi007

O KAE JUJU LE MATHALE I HOPE SOMEBODY INVITED JUJU TO READ THE ARTICLE OR ELSE HE WILL NEVER KNEW ABOUT THIS, DOM KOP ELA YA LIMPOPO THIS IS A RESULT OF CORRUPT OFFICIALS IN SA,

PROF JANSEN YOU WILL BE REAPING THE FRUIT OF WHAT YOU SAW YOU WILL GET MORE THAN WHAT YOU GAVE.
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Mar 26, 2012

k'onana

.........Madonselas.....Rampheles........Jansens........where art thou ?????????....

..SA needs you desperately...

..Mandela is leaving, others left already.....

....We are at the mercy of Malemas, Zumas, Shabangus, Celes,etc............
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