(a) Why did the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) fail to spend R2,57 billion of funding for student support in the 2016-17 financial year, (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the plans that the specified funding was supposed to address and (c) what is the total number of potential grant recipients who were affected;
(2) why did the NSFAS loan impairment increase to R29 billion in the specified financial year;
(3) (a) why did NSFAS fail to give universities half of the upfront payment due to them at the beginning of the 2017 academic year, (b) how were (i) universities and (ii) students affected and (c) what plans have been put in place to prevent this from reoccurring in 2018;
(4) (a) why did NSFAS fail to give around 60% of students their living allowances during the specified timeframe in the 2017 academic year and (b) what plans have been put in place to prevent this from reoccurring in 2018?