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SETA REFORMS MISS THE MARK
OUTA welcomes the Minister’s decision to place CETA, SSETA and LGSETA under administration, but warns that this move alone won’t fix the problem. We’ve been investigating these SETAs for years, exposing inflated contracts, irregular spending, and governance failures backed by whistleblower accounts and forensic reports.
Yet despite the seriousness of the intervention, some of the newly appointed administrators have themselves been linked to past allegations of maladministration. That raises serious red flags.
You can’t fix a broken system by appointing the same people who helped break it. This must not become another cycle of failed intervention and cadre deployment. OUTA is calling for a two-month deadline to install credible boards, a transparent process to recruit ethical CEOs, and real consequence management for those implicated in wrongdoing.
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