Johnathan Paoli
THE Universities South Africa (Usaf) – a membership organisation representing the country’s public universities – has requested an investigation of Nsfas staff members to determine possible involvement in the awarding of contracts for the direct payment system.
Usaf CEO Phethiwe Matutu said the Usaf Board was watching with interest, the outcome of the processes concerning Nsfas CEO Andile Nongogo and the disciplinary enquiry pertaining to staff involved in wrongdoing.
The funding scheme board on Tuesday confirmed Nongogo’s immediate dismissal, following his submissions regarding his conduct.
Calls for the probe into staff collusion in awarding of the tender comes after the scrapping of the controversial eZaga payment system, together with Coinvest, Tenet Technologies and Norraco Corporation, by the Nsfas board last week.
The board found a conflict of interest in the appointment of some of the services providers who received the funding scheme’s direct payment system tender.
Last week
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