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Delayed university admission results for matrics will pile pressure on institutions
Cape Times
|January 13, 2026
PROSPECTIVE first-year students will only know the outcomes of their university applications after the official release of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) results to the learners/ schools.
Universities South Africa (USAf) said this change was intrudoced after they were granted access to the 2025 NSC results at 6am yesterday — 24 hours before their public release on 13 January. USAf’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Phethiwe Matutu, said the delay in providing USAf, and by extension, universities, with the 2025 NSC results follows a decision by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to minimise the risk of a leak similar to that which occurred with the 2024 results. Ordinarily, universities would have received the NSC results 72 hours (three days) before their public release. This ti
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