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Scopa wants SIU and Hawks involved after Nzimande fails to get NSF graft report shelved

Getrude Makhafola

Scopa chairperson Hlengwa said legal opinion clears the way for Parliament to deal with the almost R5 billion corruption and maladministration at NSF.

Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande will have to appear before Parliament over the NSF corruption report after his attempts to keep it confidential failed. Photo: Gallo Images/Ziyaad Douglas

Legal advice obtained by Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has paved the way for the Department of Higher Education and Training to appear and account on the National Skills Fund (NSF) forensic report into the alleged corruption and mismanagement that cost the entity R5 billion. The forensic probe was requested by the committee after the Auditor-General SA (AGSA) gave the NSF two disclaimer reports and found that almost R5 billion couldn’t be accounted for in the past two financial years. Scopa postponed the sitting to Wednesday after Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande revoked Rule 189 of...

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