SIU to recover R8 million bursary funded to deceased students, foreign nationals and officials

The Mail & Guardian | 02.06.2026 18:38
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is seeking to recover R8 million linked to the Free State provincial government’s irregular awarding of bursaries in a scandal involving deceased students, foreigners and ineligible beneficiaries, says its acting head, Leonard Lekgetho.