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The Citizen reports that a criminal investigation by the Hawks is underway into corruption and fraud by 10 companies that received millions from the National Skills Fund (NSF) but never delivered services.
Department of Higher Education and Training deputy minister Buti Manamela and NSF bosses briefed Parliament’s portfolio committee about a damning Nexus forensic report and that by the Auditor-General, which found that R5 billion of the entity’s funds were unaccounted for in two financial years. Manamela said the investigations, including that of a ministerial task team appointed by Minister Blade Nzimande last year, saw some implicated senior officials resign from the department. “Since the receipt of the Nexus forensic report, we have interacted with the SIU and the Hawks have also begun investigations,” Manamela advised. The SIU is seeking through civil litigation to recoup NSF funds from the service providers, mostly contracted for teaching and learning, that fleeced millions of rand from the entity. In relation to the AG report, work streams have been created and are working to correct NSF systems and near-failure governance that marred the entity. According to Mabusela, five NSF officials and two others at the Ekurhuleni West Tvet College have been suspended and charged. The seven senior officials’ hearings, headed by a legal panel, will get underway this week.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Getrude Makhafola at The Citizen
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