News24 | Nkabane snubs Parliament amid SETA board appointment chaos

Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane.

Higher Education and Training Minister Nobuhle Nkabane snubbed Parliament on Friday by failing to attend a meeting in which she was supposed to account for the administrative mess relating to her controversial appointment of Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) chairpersons.

Instead, she opted to deliver a keynote address at the Annual National Student Leadership Induction Programme in Buffalo City.

Representing the ministry were Nkabane’s deputies, Buti Manamela and Mimmy Gondwe.
Higher education portfolio committee chairperson Tebogo Letsie said Nkabane sent a letter of apology.

He wrote back to Nkabane and said: “The apology for the meeting of 18 July is not accepted owing to the seriousness of the matter. The committee has also requested the date for the meeting in order not to clash with Cabinet meetings.”

He asked Nkabane to reconsider her decisions, but she refused and asked if the meeting could take place next week instead.
In May, Nkabane withdrew the appointments after an outcry that the appointees were ANC-aligned.

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