"Government loan will only pay N$ 8600.00 for this year while the total amount that I must pay is N$ 14655.00.  So, I need N$ 6 055.00.  All students who applied for the government loan, those who are doing engineering first year at Polytechnic, were just given N$ 8 600.00. The rest of amount needed, apparently, we must pay them on own.  If I pass this year, next year government will give me full amount loan."

Jeremy: "The ~6000 rand he asked for is about US$800.  I don't really have that sort of dosh lying around, so I'm using the internet to panhandle on his behalf.  I'll see what I can get and cover the rest, so if anyone can help out, please let me know.  $10 or $20 adds up really quickly and will get him to a point where he'll be able to finance his education himself, assuming he can get assistance for this first year."