Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Buti Manamela speaks at the Durban University of Technology in KwaZulu-Natal on August 27, 2024.Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts sent the officials from the Higher Education Department packing, saying it needed the minister or his deputy to brief them.The Auditor-General found irregularities with procurement, direct payment mechanisms as well as governance and administrative challenges at NSFAS.
Blose says, “The Deputy Minister to send us an apology this morning , not to come it shows the disrespect he has for the people but also for this committee Scopa and obviously what makes it worse the Deputy Minister, Buti Manamela, was the Deputy Minister in the previous administration, so he’s basically perfectly placed to come in and give us an account of what was happening because he will understand the transition of the sixth administration to here.
The Democratic Alliance MP, Faraht Essack says he wants to know what plans are in place for consequence management.