NATASHA MARRIAN: Untangling Nkabane’s web of lies
The higher education minister has become stuck in the twists of her own tall tales as she seeks to explain away the unforgivable
26 June 2025 - 05:00
In a bizarre and disturbing comedy of errors, the minister of higher education & training, Nobuhle Nkabane, this week “apologised” to advocate Terry Motau for falsely dragging his name into the saga of her dubious political appointments to the R19bn sector education & training authorities (Setas).
Nkabane, hailed in ANC circles as a rising star, is at the centre of a self-created storm in the aftermath of revelations that her picks for chairs of the 21 Seta boards were all ANC-linked political appointments...
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