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Tau backtracks on plan to allow education institutions to report student debt to credit bureaus
12 Sep 2025 13:37 GMT
… better ways of dealing with student debt instead of ‘threatening’ marginalised students … recoup money.
“CPUT has a student debt of R1.8-billion, and … , UCT reported a total outstanding student debt of R864-million, which included …
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Student debt, percentage of Grand Forks students on free and reduced meal program have increased
12 Sep 2025 14:45 GMT
… leaders, the rise in both student debt and the percentage of students … . “Nobody would know.”
Despite high student debt, district leaders agree that all …
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Student debt regulation withdrawn after 20,000 submissions
12 Sep 2025 13:00 GMT
The draft regulations, published in the Government Gazette on August 13, would have allowed institutions to report unpaid tuition and fee arrears to credit bureaus.
Critics feared this would effectively “blacklist” students, saddling them with negative …
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20,000 submissions force withdrawal of student debt regulation a day before deadline for public comments
12 Sep 2025 09:46 GMT
“Minister Tau has committed to undertaking a process which will consider the changes required to enhance the protection of students, while continuing with efforts aimed at improving access to finance for MSMEs to plug the credit funding gap that exists;.”
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The Student Debt Crisis: America’s Moral Urgency is available this Tuesday, September 16th!
11 Sep 2025 21:38 GMT
… . Jamal Watson's The Student Debt Crisis: America’s Moral Urgency … the spotlight on student debt continues to grow, The Student Debt Crisis is a …
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Trump administration to warn families about student debt risks amid record-high defaults
10 Sep 2025 21:40 GMT
… effort comes as outstanding federal student debt nears $1.7 trillion, and …
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College Graduation Improves Economy; Student Debt Threatens It
10 Sep 2025 15:01 GMT
… share.
Ryann Liebenthall’s Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an … substantially. 54 percent of outstanding student debt is now owed by graduate …
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South Africa’s student debt trap: two options that could help resolve the problem
10 Sep 2025 14:02 GMT
… and graduates to pay outstanding student debts. This has included withholding of … seems reasonable to conclude that student debt collection practices may entrench poverty … socio-economic realities of students. Student debts must be repaid, but repayment …
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ANC welcomes DTIC's move to withdraw draft amendments to National Credit Act
12 Sep 2025 14:34 GMT
… blacklisting of individuals with historic student debt.
Earlier this week, the Department … would have penalised those with student debt, prompting Minister Parks Tau to …
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EFF claims victory as DTIC Minister Parks Tau withdraws Credit Act amendment proposal
12 Sep 2025 11:17 GMT
… who failed to pay their student debt owed to the National Student … escalate it by handing over student debts to credit bureaus, to be …