‘R130m security training was waste of time': Parliament committee calls for suspension of PSiRA director and CFO
This is how Roxanne Hyster, a Cape Town resident, described her time spent in a controversial employment initiative managed by the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) and funded by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to the tune of R130m.
She is one of 6,507 unemployed people who completed the training but never received certificates or accreditation. The UIF training project was meant to upskill unemployed individuals in the security-related field and with computer skills to improve their employability.
'It was a waste of my time. I spent two months practically playing with them,' the 35-year-old said.
Hyster remains unemployed.
On Wednesday parliament's portfolio committee on policy called for the suspension of the director and CFO of PSiRA after revelations of irregularities and possible fraud involving the R130m project.
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