A facilities manager at NSFAS has been reinstated after the Labour Court ruled his dismissal was unfair. The senior employee had reported procurement irregularities.
A dismissed National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) employee, who acted as a whistle-blower after he disclosed procurement irregularities, will be reinstated to his position as a facilities manager.
Alfred Abrahams was vindicated by a ruling made by the Labour Court sitting in the Western Cape this week.
Abrahams was unfairly dismissed after he made a protected disclosure to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), but NSFAS contended and maintained that the dismissal was for misconduct arising from a breach of its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policies.
Abrahams, as the facilities manager at NSFAS head office in Cape Town, became closely involved in planning the institution’s move from its current offices and worked with the Department of Public Works to determine how much space the organisation needed.
