Nzimande must account for abandonment of 40 Vukani flying school cadets
Forty young pilot cadets from disadvantaged backgrounds, who were recruited into the Vukani Aviation Programme, have now been told to pack their bags and go home, putting an end to their training to become pilots.
The stipends they were being paid have been stopped and it appears that no further training will take place.
The students have suffered a great injustice. Their treatment may constitute a breach of the Department of Higher Education’s (DHET) implicit contract with them.
The DA has written to the Chair of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee, Yvonne Phosa, requesting that the entire matter be brought to the Committee. No response has been received.