Opening debate on his budget vote in the National Assembly yesterday, Mdladlana told MPs he had to choose "whether to sing lullabies to the Setas who hoard unused billions of rands of skills funds, or to take action".
The action he spoke of took place earlier in the day.
"This morning I started using the powers afforded (to me) under the Skills Development Amendment Act. I issued written instructions to the defence Seta (Dideta) and the local government and water Seta (LGWSeta), as they have several areas of underperformance.
"I have also issued written instructions to the six Setas that have one or more area needing attention. These... include the public service, mining, tourism, forestry, police, and wholesale and retail Setas.
"When Setas perform well, we credit the stakeholders; when they mess up, Mdladlana is expected to clean up the mess.
"I take no delight in this tongue lashing exercise... (but) my choice is clear; there is no time to dawdle by purposely when our people sleep with empty stomachs," he said.
Mdladlana stressed that 17 other Setas were "doing good work".
It was unfortunate that they too, despite their good performances, had suffered the wrath of a dissatisfied public, who did not differentiate between the good and bad Setas. – Sapa.
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