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The Citizen reports that the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has laid criminal complaints against NSFAS (National Student Financial Aid Scheme) CEO Andile Nongogo, as well as one of his former colleague and two others, for fraud and corruption.
Nongogo is the former CEO of the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SSETA). OUTA advised it had also asked for a police investigation into the conduct of Duduzile Mwelase, a senior manager at SSETA, and Anania Baloyi and Ngwenya Baloyi, both from Five Stars Communications and Projects (Five Star), which is a SSETA service provider. The organisation said it wanted all four individuals to be investigated for alleged fraud and corruption, with Nongogo and Mwelase, who is the senior manager for brand management at SSETA, being investigated for contravening the Public Finance Management Act. Rudie Heyneke of OUTA said the criminal complaints were related to the over-inflation of a specific tender, awarded to Five Star in August 2016. “Our investigations revealed irregularities with the Five Star tender, awarded for a period of 19 months until 31 March 2018, for the design, development and supply of branded promotional items as and when required by SSETA,” said Heyneke. He alleged that it was evident that Five Star overcharged SSETA by inflating the price. “The SSETA CEO and employees who approved these quotes and payments were complicit in the looting of public funds,” he stated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Faizel Patel at The Citizen
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