News24 | Charges rain down on two senior managers in crisis-marred National Skills Fund over R5bn scandal

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Higher Education and Training director-general Nkosinathi Sishi.

Higher Education and Training director-general Nkosinathi Sishi.

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At least two high-ranking officials have been charged by the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation in relation to the National Skills Fund's (NSF) R5-billion saga.

The charges against them were discussed as recently as August and October and are related to R5 billion that has not been accounted for at the NSF.

An audit outcome in the 2019/20 financial year revealed that the entity of the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation could not account for billions of rand. 

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