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Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has vowed to tighten controls across the post-school education and training sector after Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigations uncovered alleged corruption, procurement failures and misuse of public funds at institutions including TVET colleges.
The latest cohort, comprising 10 males and eight females, was selected from 2,480 applicants following a competitive recruitment process launched in May 2025.
The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, has renewed concerns about what the union described as escalating learner indiscipline, including verbal abuse, threats, intimidation and physical attacks against educators.
More than 40,000 students at 76 higher education institutions were improperly funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), at a cost of approximately R5.1 billion, with more than R2 billion recovered so far, Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka said on Tuesday.
Manamela said government could not bridge the gap between skills training and employment on its own and urged companies to treat workplaces as places of learning.
Briefing Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education on Wednesday on progress in stabilising NSFAS under administration, Manamela said the shortfall had grown from about R2.5 billion in 2018 to R13.5 billion last year and was now estimated at about R15 billion.
Lukhanyo Secondary School, which has about 1,544 learners, has experienced persistent interruptions to its municipal water supply. The unreliable supply affected ablution facilities, contributed to unhygienic conditions and disrupted teaching and learning.
Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has warned municipalities that schools disconnected over unpaid electricity bills must be reconnected immediately or the provincial government will consider legal action.
CETA is the lead partner in a work-based skills and learning programme linked to the V&A Waterfront's expansion, which will develop an additional 5,000 square metres land over the next decade and a half.
The department has placed Badirile Secondary School under close monitoring as it works with police to address violence, bullying, gangsterism and poor discipline.
