NSFAS Threatens Legal Action Against Pretoria Nightclub for Enticing Students to Spend Allowance on Drink

• The National Student Financial Aid Scheme is gunning for a Pretoria-based nightclub
• The financial aid scheme is threatening to take Europa Lounge to court for encouraging students to spend their allowances on alcohol
• South Africans think NSFAS needs a wake-up call because students have been using their allowances for drinking for a while

PRETORIA - A Pretoria-based nightclub, Europa Lounge, has upset the National Student Financial Aid Scheme with a poorly thought-out advertisement.

The financial aid scheme has threatened to take legal action after the nightclub used the NSFAS' name to entice students to use their allowances to buy booze.

The nightclub allegedly circulated a flyer on social media with the tag, "NSFAS ingenile (NSFAS money is in)."

The NSFAS released a scathing statement calling out Europa Lounge for promoting the despicable use of student allowances.

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The financial aid scheme claimed the advertisement counters NSFAS' efforts to instil financial responsibility in its beneficiaries. The scheme vowed to hold the nightclub accountable by taking the necessary legal steps.

NSFAS added:

“Through the new direct payment system (NSFAS bank account), the NSFAS seeks to track and monitor student purchase trends with the aim of putting measures in place to ensure that allowances are spent accordingly.”

Europa Lounge released a statement of its own apologising for the controversial flyer. Taking to Facebook, the establishment claimed the nightclub did not authorise the advert.

South Africans react to NSFAS threatening Europa Lounge with legal action

This is how South Africans responded to NSFAS' legal challenge:

Mothipa Mojapelo Mojapelo commented:

"Students are going through a lot academically. Let them enjoy a bit."

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Basie B Muvhango said:

"The students have always used their allowances at the clubs."

Menzi S. Thela claimed:

"I am sure that one of the employees is a former student."

Alistair Marais added:

"This has been happening for decades, wake up."

Zebu Zebula stated:

"Leave the students and their money alone whatever they do."

Andries Bongokuhle Mavuso responded:

"It's not their money, it's taxpayers' money."

Blade Nzimande gives NSFAS-funded students free pass on paying registration fees leaving SA divided

In another story, Briefly News reported that students funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) won't have to deal with the headache of paying higher education registration fees.

This comes after the Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande announced that the financial aid scheme will be making all upfront payments to universities and TVET colleges.

The payments will extend beyond registration fees to include all costs relating to tuition fees and living allowances, SABC News reported.

Source: Briefly News