Kubikwa ukuthi iyanqonga impi phakathi kukaNgqongqoshe wezemfundo eyisisekelo uSiviwe Gwarube kanye nomqondisi-jikelele womnyango, uMathanzima Mweli, njengoba bengene empini ngoba uMweli enqaba ukuhlolwa kwendlela yokuphila yi-SIU.

Lokhu kuza ngemuva kokuba uNgqongqoshe weMfundo eyisisekelo, uSiviwe Gwarube, eqinisekisile ukuthi i-Special Investigating Unit (SIU) iqale ngokusemthethweni ukuhlolwa kwendlela yokuphila kwezikhulu eziphezulu, kanye nezikhulu ezisebenza ezikhundleni zokuthengwa kwempahla nezinsizakusebenza ezinobungozi obukhulu ngaphakathi koMnyango weMfundo eyisisekelo ngoJuni 2026.

Lesi sinyathelo siphawula lokho uNgqongqoshe akuchaze njengesinyathelo esibalulekile ekuzibophezeleni kwakhe ekuqiniseni ukuziphendulela, ukulwa nenkohlakalo kanye nokuvikela ubuqotho bomnyango ophethe ukufundisa abafundi baseNingizimu Afrika.

Ngokusho koMnyango, uNgqongqoshe uGwarube ucele i-SIU ukuthi yenze ukuhlolwa kwendlela yokuphila njengengxenye yokuzibophezela kwakhe ekuqedeni inkohlakalo nokuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kabi kwemali yomphakathi. Uthe lonke irandi elilahleka ngenxa yenkohlakalo yirandi elithathwa emakilasini, kothisha nakubafundi.

UMnyango uthe ukuhlolwa kwendlela yokuphila kuyizinyathelo eziqashelwa emhlabeni wonke zokulwa nenkohlakalo ezisetshenziswa ukuhlonza ingcebo engachazeki kanye nezingozi zenkohlakalo, okusiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izikhulu zikahulumeni eziphathiswe izinsiza zikahulumeni zihlangabezana nezindinganiso eziphakeme kakhulu zobuqotho kanye nokuziphendulela.

Uphinde wathi ukuhlolwa kuyingxenye yemizamo ebanzi yokubuyisela isiko lokuziphatha kahle ngaphakathi koMnyango Wezemfundo Eyisisekelo ngokuhlonza, ukuhlukanisa kanye nokuqeda izingozi zenkohlakalo. Inhloso ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izinsiza zikahulumeni zisetshenziselwa ukuthuthukisa ikhwalithi yemfundo, ukwandisa amathuba ezingane kanye nokuzuzisa abafundi kunokuba kube namanethiwekhi enkohlakalo.

UNgqongqoshe uGwarube uthe usazimisele ukuvikela yonke imali ebekelwe imfundo.

“Ngithembise abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi ngizolwela ukuvikela yonke imali eyenzelwe imfundo, futhi leso sithembiso asishintshi. Umthwalo wethu wemfanelo usezinganeni eziyizigidi ezingu-13.7 ezikoleni zethu kanye nothisha abangu-485,000 ababakhonza nsuku zonke. Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bafanelwe uMnyango onokuziphatha okuhle, ophendulayo futhi ongaguquki ekubekeni izintshisekelo zabo ngaphambi kwezabo,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uGwarube

Lesi yisiqephu sakamuva empini yesikhathi eside phakathi kukaGwarube we-DA noMweli selokhu kwaqokwa uGwarube ngemuva kokwakhiwa kukahulumeni wobumbano lwesizwe ngo-2024.