NSFAS has welcomed a Labour Court ruling ordering former University of Johannesburg director Andries Helani to pay the university more than R18.18 million for his part in a student accommodation scheme.
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has called for swift law enforcement action following a Labour Court judgment ordering former University of Johannesburg (UJ) senior director Andries Helani to pay more than R18.18 million for his role in the accreditation of two non-compliant student accommodation properties.
The scheme welcomed the judgment and called for law enforcement authorities to act swiftly to ensure that criminal charges follow.
“Fraud, corruption, abuse of public funds and exploitation of NSFAS-funded students are treated with the utmost seriousness, and those responsible must be held to account where wrongdoing is proven, and recover any funds found to have been improperly obtained.”
The scheme said that, based on the information currently available to NSFAS, the properties referred to in the allegations were accredited and leased through UJ and not directly by NSFAS.
