Durban university denies student jumped to his death over funding – The Mail & Guardian

Durban university denies student jumped to his death over funding – The Mail & Guardian

The Durban University of Technology has rejected suggestions that one of its students committed suicide because he had not got  financial support from the National Student Aid Scheme (NSFAS).Sphiwokuhle Madela, 27, who was in his third year of a BHSc in radiography, jumped to his death on Tuesday morning at the university’s Steve Biko campus. According to student leader Naledi Mfeka, people who knew the student said that he had been stressed abo…