THE National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) has condemned the retrenchments that took place at the South Africa Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
SAQA, which has a staff complement of 169 workers, has retrenched 88 workers after the government cut its funding to divert funds away from departments to the South African Airways (SAA) in a bid to resuscitate the ailing national carrier.
In the 2020/2021 financial year SAQA had a government grant of R72.5 million but it was cut by R1.2 million by the state.
Last year, SAQA’s board of directors said the institution only receives 44% of its 2020/21 annual budget from voted government funds and needed to raise the remaining 56% to cover its operating and other expenses.
The board highlighted that in addition to the need for retrenchments in the short term, SAQA would also have to further cut back its mandated activities to deal with
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