{"id":99258,"date":"2025-07-22T15:55:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=99258"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:55:44","slug":"outa-exposes-corruption-on-steroids-at-services-seta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/outa-exposes-corruption-on-steroids-at-services-seta\/","title":{"rendered":"OUTA Exposes \u201cCorruption on Steroids\u201d at Services SETA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za<\/a>
\n3-minute read
\n22 July 2025 | 12:40 CAT<\/p>\n

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R163 million missing in learner stipends? OUTA demands accountability as corruption allegations rock Services SETA. Whistleblowers and court battles reveal a disturbing trail of ghost contracts and inflated tenders.<\/p><\/div>\n

A damning investigation by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has uncovered staggering levels of corruption within the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA), revealing a years-long web of tender manipulation, ghost contracts, and inflated prices, all at the cost of South Africa\u2019s unemployed youth.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Islam<\/em><\/a>, OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenhage described the situation as \u201ccorruption on steroids.\u201d He detailed how the probe began in 2018 when \u201cthree whistleblowers came in to show us what was going on with regards to tender manipulation, irrational expenditure, inflated costs, and irregular supply chain management.\u201d<\/p>\n

OUTA discovered that many contracts awarded by the SETA were either for services that were never delivered or grossly overpriced. Tenders were manipulated, evaluation processes interfered with, and suppliers were handpicked despite clear red flags. Among those implicated was Andile Nongogo, who, after leaving Services SETA, was appointed CEO of NSFAS, where similar irregularities followed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw the same companies, same people, following them to NSFAS,\u201d Duvenhage noted. \u201cThis is a cesspool. A whole network of corrupt and fraudulent activities that have been taking place for years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Companies like Grayson Reed, Five Star Communications, and Coinvest repeatedly appeared across various SETAs, raising alarm bells. OUTA received recordings implicating senior officials in inappropriate dealings with these entities. Despite reporting the findings, whistleblowers and OUTA itself faced legal threats and intimidation.<\/p>\n

In a disturbing development, Duvenhage revealed that a Services SETA employee suspected of being a whistleblower was recently dismissed without a hearing. \u201cThis is intimidation. You can\u2019t just fire someone without due process. This is the brazen conduct we\u2019re dealing with.\u201d<\/p>\n

OUTA is calling for the blacklisting of implicated companies, criminal charges against responsible individuals, and a firm stance from government. \u201cWe need ministers and departments to stop protecting corrupt individuals and start enforcing accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n

As South Africans grapple with rising youth unemployment, OUTA\u2019s findings underscore the betrayal of a generation meant to benefit from skills development programmes. The time for transparency and justice, OUTA insists, is long overdue.<\/p>\n

Listen<\/strong> to the full interview on Your World Today<\/em><\/a> with Mufti Yusuf Moosagie and Wayne Duvenhage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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