Trade unions and school governing body (SGB) associations will see the long-awaited “jobs for cash” scandal a day before it is released to the public.
On Thursday‚ the Department of Basic Education (DBE) outlined the timetable for the final path of the report which will be uploaded onto its website to make it “publicly accessible” on April 15.
“This report has been finalised and after studying its contents‚ the minister will be releasing it to the public following a process…(which)…includes consulting education stakeholders who were initially consulted before the establishment of the ministerial committee as well as briefing the relevant cabinet and parliamentary structures the department accounts to‚” the department said.
The timetable includes a meeting with the cabinet committee – “to prepare for briefing cabinet on the report” on April 5; the cabinet sitting – “to process the report through cabinet” on April 13; and meetings with the unions and SGB associations on April 14.
“The minister commits to the timelines stipulated and will make the report publically available as specified‚” the department said.
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has been criticised for delays in the report after a number of deadlines had passed.
In December‚ she acknowledged the veracity of the scandal within her portfolio‚ and announced that criminal cases will be instigated to stamp out cases of cash changing hands for school principal positions.
The minister had appointed an investigation team to investigate reports by the City Press that teacher and principal posts were being sold by members of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu).
“The interim report confirms that there is corruption and undue influence on the appointment of teachers and school principals‚” the minister told a news briefing at the time.
The task team probed 75 cases‚ she said‚ “30 of which provided grounds for reasonable suspicion or wrongdoing”.
At the time of the findings of that preliminary report‚ Motshekga said it would be released in March.
The issue came to the fore earlier this month‚ when Corruption Watch’s annual report “found schools to be the biggest corruption hotspot of 2015”.
This prompted renewed calls by the Democratic Alliance to urge Motshekga to “release the long-awaited report”.
“The ‘Jobs for Cash’ report will provide evidence that Sadtu principals are bribing Sadtu-aligned officials in exchange for teaching posts‚” said the party’s basic education spokesperson‚ Gavin Davis.
“It becomes clearer with each passing day that much of our school system has been infiltrated and captured by Sadtu. This is why Sadtu-aligned principals and officials are able to get away with large-scale corruption in our school system.”
Motshekga commits to timetable for release of ‘jobs for cash’ report
On Thursday‚ the Department of Basic Education (DBE) outlined the timetable for the final path of the report which will be uploaded onto its website to make it “publicly accessible” on April 15.
“This report has been finalised and after studying its contents‚ the minister will be releasing it to the public following a process…(which)…includes consulting education stakeholders who were initially consulted before the establishment of the ministerial committee as well as briefing the relevant cabinet and parliamentary structures the department accounts to‚” the department said.
The timetable includes a meeting with the cabinet committee – “to prepare for briefing cabinet on the report” on April 5; the cabinet sitting – “to process the report through cabinet” on April 13; and meetings with the unions and SGB associations on April 14.
“The minister commits to the timelines stipulated and will make the report publically available as specified‚” the department said.
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has been criticised for delays in the report after a number of deadlines had passed.
In December‚ she acknowledged the veracity of the scandal within her portfolio‚ and announced that criminal cases will be instigated to stamp out cases of cash changing hands for school principal positions.
The minister had appointed an investigation team to investigate reports by the City Press that teacher and principal posts were being sold by members of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu).
“The interim report confirms that there is corruption and undue influence on the appointment of teachers and school principals‚” the minister told a news briefing at the time.
The task team probed 75 cases‚ she said‚ “30 of which provided grounds for reasonable suspicion or wrongdoing”.
At the time of the findings of that preliminary report‚ Motshekga said it would be released in March.
The issue came to the fore earlier this month‚ when Corruption Watch’s annual report “found schools to be the biggest corruption hotspot of 2015”.
This prompted renewed calls by the Democratic Alliance to urge Motshekga to “release the long-awaited report”.
“The ‘Jobs for Cash’ report will provide evidence that Sadtu principals are bribing Sadtu-aligned officials in exchange for teaching posts‚” said the party’s basic education spokesperson‚ Gavin Davis.
“It becomes clearer with each passing day that much of our school system has been infiltrated and captured by Sadtu. This is why Sadtu-aligned principals and officials are able to get away with large-scale corruption in our school system.”
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