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    Josia Shigwedha

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South Africa

EFF aims to introduce a Student Debt Cancellation Private Member’s Bill in Parliament

today9 January, 2025

Background

 

In S.A, the EFF says it will introduce a Student Debt Cancellation Private Member’s Bill in Parliament. From 2017 to 2024, national student debt grew from around eleven-billion-rand to approximately 17-billion-rand, averaging an increase of two-billion-rand each year. The EFF’s, Sihle Lonzi, says the bill seeks to clear all student debt and establish a qualification registrar, which will be a central government body that takes over the distribution and administering of qualifications and certificates:

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    EFF aims to introduce a Student Debt Cancellation Private Member’s Bill in Parliament Leonard Witbeen

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen