By Johnathan Paoli
Parliament’s Higher Education Portfolio Committee has firmly rejected Minister Nobuhle Nkabane’s apology for missing Friday’s crucial hearing on the Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) board appointment controversy, ordering her to appear before the committee on Tuesday next week.
Committee chairperson Tebogo Letsie opened Friday’s sitting with a firm rebuke of the minister’s latest apology, describing her absence as a direct affront to Parliament’s constitutional oversight mandate.
“I accept the apology for 16 July due to Cabinet responsibilities, but not for 18 July. This committee resolved on this meeting over a month ago, and accountability cannot be optional,” Letsie said.
The move follows mounting outrage over her, her chief of staff Nelisiwe Semane’s, as well as ministerial advisor Asisipho Solani’s absence and testimony from Senior Counsel Terry Motau, who denied any formal role in the panel the minister claimed he chaired in relation to the SETAs.
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