South Africa, March 18 -- In a statement, NSFAS said preliminary verification indicates that the image circulating online has been manipulated and appears to be AI-generated and does not correspond with any legitimate NSFAS transaction.

See the social media post in question below:

NSFAS mistakenly sent her R630 432 instead of R6000 and she sent it back. pic.twitter.com/ym522Xea4C

The scheme confirmed that no such payment has been made by NSFAS.

According to NSFAS, the student in question created this content for social media purposes, likely to gain traction as part of content creation opportunities on digital platforms.

NSFAS further clarified that the scheme does not disburse large lump-sum payments directly to students. Funding al...