BL Premium reports that Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) Minister Buti Manamela has appointed administrators to three sector education and training authorities (Setas). Many SA’s 21 Setas are mired in allegations of corruption and mismanagement, and the sector as a whole is failing to reduce unemployment or alleviate the need to import artisan skills.
On Tuesday, the DHET announced that the Minister had appointed administrators to the Services Seta, the Local Government Seta (LGSeta), and the Construction Seta (Ceta) in terms of the Skills Development Act. “This intervention follows serious and entrenched governance failures in these entities, including procurement irregularities, lapses in oversight and board instability, which threatened their ability to deliver on their mandate to advance skills development,” the DHET indicated. All three Setas received a qualified audit from the auditor-general in 2023/24, the latest year for which audit findings have been published.
The Minister has appointed the administrators for 12 months and charged them with restoring the governance and financial integrity of the Setas, in line with the Public Finance Management Act. The administrators will be expected to submit monthly reports to DHET director-general Nkosinathi Sishi. Among their tasks are to review the terms and conditions of the employment of the Seta CEOs.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tamar Kahn at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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