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Students at TUT took to the streets to protest a decision by NSFAS to not give meal allowances to students who live off campus.

Pretoria - Students at the Tshwane University of Technology took to the streets on Monday to protest a decision by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to not give meal allowances to students who live off campus.

Soshanguve SRC president Lucky Nkambule said NSFAS and the department of higher education were not taking students seriously. Nkambule said they gave the university and NSFAS ample time to discuss the matter, as it sidelined some students, but had not received a response.

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