Youths dump Tirelo Sechaba for piece-jobs
Friday, June 20, 2014
Briefing the traditional leaders on the programme, acting Deputy Youth, Sports and Culture permanent secretary, Bethsheba Mbongwe, said some participants had already exited the programme, some of them without notice, for programmes such as Ipelegeng.
“Participants exit the programme at any given time with or without notice, for various reasons such as opting to work for shorter hours as per the Ipelegeng programme or opting for short-term casual jobs such as Independent Electoral Commission registration work,” she said.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...