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'Coward' Nkabane recalls Seta chairs
Mail & Guardian
|June 20, 2025
The ANC Youth League's leader also says young party members in government should only fear him
ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji says Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane should never have withdrawn the appointment of people linked to the party as chairpersons to Sector Education and Training Authority (Seta) boards, saying the move was "cowardly".
"If I were her, I would not have withdrawn those appointments of chairpersons. She has weakened herself and will never appoint anyone again. What she did is cowardly," Malatji told the Mail & Guardian.
The appointments were withdrawn amid allegations by opposition parties of corruption and nepotism.
Malatji said cabinet ministers and deputy ministers considered to be part of the youth in the ANC should only fear him, as ANC youth league leader, and not opposition parties.
"They are my deployments, and the only person they must fear is me. They must consult me on everything. Luthuli House is open for them to come and we will defend them, because there is nothing wrong with deploying qualified people who are aligned with the ANC," he said.
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