DA to launch its own probe as it calls for forensic scrutiny of NSFAS administration spending [SOUND]

# The DA will launch its own investigation into allegations of luxury accommodation, double-booking and excessive travel expenditure by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s administration. Daily Maverick reports taxpayers paid nine-thousand-200-rand for administrator Hlengani Mathebula’s stay of four nights at the Pepperclub Hotel and Spa in May, and he also appointed four advisers for nearly ten-million-rand. The DA’s Delmaine Christians says meanwhile, students continue to endure delayed funding, inadequate allowances and accommodation crises: