Nsfas chair quits amid threats

STANDER: ALLEGES BULLYING, INTIMIDATION, RACISM AND PERSONAL SAFETY IN DANGER >>> Board is split and loses members who back her - Outa.

- Marizka Coetzer

The sudden resignation of Karen Stander as National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) board chair is causing concern.

Stander's resignation letter made allegations of bullying, intimidation, racism and threats to her personal safety.

Asked for comment, Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO Wayne Duvenage said much needed to be done to continue to address the governance and performance issues at Nsfas, including the cleanup of past contracts entered into by the previous administration, which got Nsfas into the mess it was in now.

Duvenage said while Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela cannot force Stander to stay on, he believed she had the appetite to do so.