UDM demands action on online betting and NSFAS misuse [SOUND]

# The UDM says it is particularly disturbed by reports that students are gambling with their National Student Financial Aid Scheme allowances. UDM acting secretary-general, Zandile Phiri says young South Africans entrusted with public funds meant for food, accommodation and study materials are using these allowances to bet online. She says universities and NSFAS cannot continue to look away while students are being consumed by the very system meant to lift them out of poverty: