EFF condemns Blade Nzimande’s attempt to seal corrupt activity at the National Skills Fund in Parliament
27 September 2022
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) condemns the dodgy attempts by Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande, to make Parliament complicit in the sealing of a report into corrupt activity at the National Skills Fund.
Nzimande, in a haphazard and desperate manner attempted to coerce the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) into sealing and making confidential a report into corrupt activity at the National Skills Fund, essentially turning Parliament into a secretive institution that is not transparent to the public.
The request by Nzimande comes as no surprise, because there are allegations that recipients of defrauded funds are pseudo service providers to the National Skills Fund, who have handsomely donated to the SACP. Allegations are that the flow of funds are for the upkeep of SACP officials including Nzimande himself. The attempted sealing of the investigative report, is an attempt to evade scrutiny of abuse of public funds that