Minister Nzimande should prosecute corrupt SETA officials
30 April 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training yesterday heard shocking evidence of deep-seated corruption, mismanagement and sheer incompetence in two of the 21 troubled Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs).
I will write to the Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, to urge him to ensure that all those implicated in any of these crimes and misdemeanors are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
The Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport SETA (CATHSETA) and the Safety and Security SETA (SASSETA), were both called to Parliament because they had both been placed under administration by the Department as a result of successive adverse audit reports from the Auditor-General.
The Committee heard that no fewer than 6 additional SETAs had received adverse reports, bringing the total to 8, nearly half of the total number of SETAs.