Lesufi’s failures are inexcusable
26 November 2019
Education in Gauteng is in crisis with nearly 15 000 learners who at this late stage still have not been placed in schools, the Public Protector (PP) conducting an investigation into the failed central online application system and irregular expenditure and underspending amounting to nearly R2 billion over the last two financial years.
It is, therefore, incomprehensible that the DA would time and again defend Panyaza Lesufi by saying that he is a competent and responsible MEC. His incompetence, obvious abhorrence of Afrikaans and his political games at the expense of children are the root causes of the educational crisis in the province.
Lesufi's actions and failures are inexcusable. His Department's central online application system is such a great failure that the Public Protector (PP) launched an investigation into it after the FF Plus lodged a complaint about it with the PP.
As MEC he is accountable for his Department and regardless of the validity of the allegations regarding the R800 million that his Department misappropriated in the 2018/2019 financial year, Lesufi should take full responsibility for what happens in his Department and he must be held accountable for it.