The administrator of the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA), Lehlogonolo Masoga, has condemned what he described as a culture of intimidation and victimisation of whistleblowers, warning that it undermines governance and cripples the entity’s performance.
Masoga said the climate discourages employees from speaking out against wrongdoing, allowing corruption and maladministration to persist unchecked.
“You can imagine that if employees are aware that there is a culture of intimidation in the organisation, it suppresses open engagement,” he said on Friday.
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ALSO READ: Gauteng launches specialised sports school at Vorentoe
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane on Thursday launched the Vorentoe Sports School of Specialisation in Johannesburg, with the province using the event to showcase its 38th specialist school and a new private-sector investment in the campus.
The Gauteng Department of Education said ION Holdings would build new classrooms, upgrade parking and sports facilities, and contribute towards a new pavilion at the school, in efforts to link academic performance with elite sport development.
Chiloane said the launch marked “a massive milestone for education and school sports” in the province.
ALSO READ: Gina tells funders to explain rejected start-up applications
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation Nomalungelo Gina has accused government-owned funding agencies of stifling innovation by rejecting start-up applications without feedback.
Speaking at the opening of Innovation Week at Nasrec, she said the state funders needed to stop dismissing applications without guidance and instead help entrepreneurs improve and resubmit them.
“To the funders, especially government-owned funding instruments like the Innovation Fund, the Industrial Development Corporation, the Public Investment Corporation, the National Empowerment Fund, and others, please stop this practice of rejecting people’s applications without informing them where their applications or business plans fell short,” Gina said.
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