MPs left fuming as Nzimande requested that the NSF graft report be kept confidential🤨 Read the full story here👉🏾
“Whilst we appreciate that all documents before your committee are open to the public, we however request that all processes before law enforcement and internal disciplinary processes be concluded.
However, Scopa members were adamant that the now six-month-old report was never declared confidential by them, and can therefore be released to the public and discussed. “The status of NSF is already chaos, a mess that is going on in higher education, and so is also of public interests. That investigation was done by a credible institution appointed by the same department.”“Literally, we’ve been sworn into secrecy by department – keep the document with yourselves, do not think anything about it – we are sitting here with media and the public and we are swearing ourselves into secrecy. It’s wrong, we can’t do it.
“My concern is that that legal opinion will give a reply contrary to what some of us are saying here. The majority on this committee may well decide to invoke the rule [Section 189] and declare the report confidential.