NSFAS fraudster Sibongile Mani regrets spending R818,000
Those were conscious decisions you took every day. You were set up in a perfect position to further your studies until you made that decision“You were given the benefit of studying at Walter Sisulu University. You were a beneficiary of food allowances in 2016 and 2017...
“The fact that you were charged with one count of theft — if you really consider and look at the facts, each time you decided to issue a voucher ... to spend as much money on any given date shows that you were rushing against time to spend the maximum amount before it was brought to a halt. “If Intellimali had not repaid this funding, 585 of your fellow students would not have received their monthly food allowances and that [would have been] a direct consequence of your conduct.
Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania national secretary-general Zandisiwe Nyembana said the sentence was harsh.
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