Court blocks recruitment of National Skills Fund chief
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily MaverickOur method
South African courts have barred Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela from restarting the recruitment of the National Skills Fund’s chief executive. The court ruled in favour of recommended candidate Innocent Sirovha after proceedings challenging the resumption of the process, reports Daily Maverick.
South Africa’s justice system has barred Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela from restarting the recruitment of the chief executive of the National Skills Fund (NSF). In a judgment delivered on 13 October 2026, Judge Robert Lagrange also prevented the department’s director-general, Nkosinathi Sishi, from implementing the ministerial directive of 17 June aimed at resuming the process, according to Daily Maverick.
The decision favours the recommended candidate, Innocent Sirovha, and suspends the attempt to re-advertise the NSF chief executive post. It represents another legal setback for Buti Manamela, two months after the Gauteng Division of the High Court suspended another appointment made by the minister, reports Daily Maverick.
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