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Aviation school ordered to pay P44m

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Thatayaone Seduke of the International Aviation School (IAS) got more than he bargained for in his pursuit of P18 million ‘debt’ from the Department of Tertiary Education Financing (DTEF).

Following the establishment of the Specialised Audit Division, the Auditor General Pulane Letebele has come to a conclusion that it is Seduke who is due to refund DTEF the sum of P44,034,733.50.

This is contained in the latest Auditor General’s report for the financial year ended March 2021. The report is dated January 9, 2023. At the heart of the dispute between IAS and DTEF is incomplete training contract and the amount of money paid for its delivery. IAS is alleged to have made an invoicing error resulting in them having to deliver more training hours, compared to what was initially invoiced.

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