Disgruntled UniversitofPretoria (UP) students are set to march to the Union Buildings to submit a memorandum of demands over the defunding of students by NSFAS .
The dozens of students gathered at the University of Pretoria early on Wednesday morning with placards and were waiting for their peers from North West University and University of Limpopo who were expected to join them to the Union Buildings lawns.
The students claim that many of them have been unfairly defunded by the NSFAS and that they were also against theThe students are demanding minister of higher education and training Blade Nzimande to immediately fix the NSFAS crises.
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