1. (a) 131 528 applications have been rejected for the 2024 academic year. Their status remains at rejected.
(b) The applications were rejected due to not meeting either the financial or academic eligibility criteria.
2. (a) NSFAS has received 1495 appeals to date.
(b) NSFAS has not started working on the appeals yet. NSFAS applications closed on 15 February 2024. The team has been working on expediting the processing of applications.
(c) No appeals have been resolved yet.