South African students studying in Russia face being deported as government fails to pay their tuition

It has been reported that close to 250 South African students in Russia said they were at risk of evictions as they have not received their monthly stipends from the Mpumalanga Department of Education.

IOL reported on Tuesday that the Mpumalanga Education Department paid R28 million to the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco) to disburse to the Russian universities for the overdue tuition and accommodation fees for students.

At least 229 students who are furthering their studies in 11 different universities in Russia in the general medicine, engineering, aviation and IT faculties, faced expulsion and deportation as their tuition was unpaid.

According to the…

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