Inside Politics Reporter
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme administrator, Professor Hlengani Mathebula, has welcomed the Labour Court ruling to reinstate Facilities Manager Alfred Abrahams, saying the agency will abide by the decision.
The administrator said in a statement released on Saturday that the ruling to reinstate Abrahams was critical and affirmed the role of whistleblowers in the fight against corruption.
Abrahams was dismissed in May 2023 after he made protected disclosures related to a lease of a building in Cape Town that cost NSFAS R 2 million per month while the building stood empty or was too big for NSFAS requirements.
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In his ruling, Judge R Lagrange found that “All the evidence points to the overwhelming cause of his dismissal being his disclosure of the information of various acts of wrongdoing on the part of NSFAS Management.”
The administrator said this
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