Lack of funding prevents learners from finishing degrees
Historic debt crippling careers of students
University student Samkele Sigam wakes up every morning and takes a 30-minute walk to town to buy essentials for his family.
This is how the 25-year-old Wits University student has been spending most of his time at his home in Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, for the past couple of weeks, while he contemplates ways to clear the historic debt which is preventing him from registering for the 2023 academic year...
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