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SASSFE to host webinar on Financing Access to Higher Education
18th June 2021
SASSFE is to host a webinar on Financing Access to Higher Education. The webinar will take place on 29 June 2021 at 17:00. The discussion will be facilitated by...
Read moreWits SRC Raises R4m to assist students in need
24th March 2021
WATCH VIDEO – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXz_bxB790 From the R4 million that they have raised since January, Wits University SRC says they will begin allocating funds to the neediest of students for registration...
Read moreSASSFE Statement on the ongoing protests at Wits University
12th March 2021
Following its meeting held on the 11th of March 2021 with the Wits Student Representative Council (SRC) and office of the Dean of Students, SASSFE views the student funding...
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To widen awareness SASSFE partners with Business Day and Polity
8th July 2019
In an online advertising campaign aimed at raising awareness about SASSFE and promoting donations by South African alumni, SASSFE recently partnered with Business Day Online and Polity.org.za. The...
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Donations to food programme assist in development of sustainability hub
18th May 2019
Each weekday over 1000 Wits students make use of the Masidleni daily student meal programme. The programme, which is managed by the Wits Citizenship and Community Outreach (WCCO) project,...
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New members join SASSFE Management Committee
14th September 2018
A new cohort of young activists has joined the Management Committee of the South African Student Solidarity Foundation for Education (SASSFE) with the objective of re-invigorating the interventions and...
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SASSFE continues its support of the Wits student meal programme
22nd May 2018
Following its donation to the Wits University-based Masidleni daily student meal scheme in 2017, the South African Student Solidarity Foundation for Education (SASSFE) again made a donation to the...
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Copies of Archbishop Makgoba’s book sold to assist students in need
1st April 2018
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, Chairperson of the SASSFE Board of Trustees, donated proceeds from the sale of 50 copies of his book to SASSFE. This is in addition to Archbishop...
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SASSFE congratulates Prof Phakeng on her appointment as UCT Vice-Chancellor
20th March 2018
Chairperson of the SASSFE management Committee, Tiego Moseneke, congratulates SASSFE Trustee, Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng, on her appointment as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT). Moseneke believes that...
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Freedom to study with dignity
7th February 2018
Higher education may now be free for many students, but the challenge of studying with dignity is more important than ever. As access to university widens for the poor,...
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