DA calls on Minister Nzimande to suspend NSFAS contracts pending SIU outcome
14 August 2023
The damning report of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) on the NSFAS direct payment tender and relationship between NSFAS CEO Andile Nongogo and Coinvest Africa must be seriously considered by the Minister of Higher Education, Dr Blade Nzimande. In light of the OUTA investigative report, Minister Nzimande must instruct the NSFAS board to temporarily put aside the contracts of Coinvest Africa, Tenet Technology, Ezaga Holdings and Norraco Corporation until such time the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Public Protector investigations are completed.
Minister Nzimande’s mandate as the accounting authority of the higher education and training sector is to ensure that not student is left behind or financially deprived.
OUTA’s report lays bare:
How well-established banks applied three times to handle the direct payment system into students’ own bank accounts;