Directors, deputy directors, seven foreign students, a former premier and a premiers personal assistant are some of the people implicated in the looting of the Free State governments bursary scheme.
At least R8.3m was misused between 2017 and 2023 by awarding the premiers office bursary to undeserving individuals. On Tuesday, the Special Investigating Unit SIU held a press briefing in which it said it was seeking to recover R8.3m linked to the systemic corruption in the scheme.
The SIU disclosed that among the funds irregularly disbursed was R34,000 awarded to a deceased student by the bursary and further funds from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme Nsfas.
