National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) CEO Andile Nongogo has been fired over a R47-billion payments scandal after a report by Werkmans Attorneys into allegations about the appointment by NSFAS of direct payment service providers confirmed that there were irregularities in the process. The Board of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme requested the legal firm to investigate allegations made against NSFAS CEO Andile Nongogo and about the handling of the payments bidding process. Stephen Grootes on SAfm Sunrise spoke with Ishmael Mnisi, the spokesperson for the Department of Higher Education. 

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