"We don't want to see a repeat of the Limpopo saga in 2013," Sadtu said in a statement.

"We give the minister seven days to operationalise (sic) the president's [Jacob Zuma] instruction."

Last week, a report of the presidential task team into late textbook deliveries in Limpopo recommended that Soobrayan be investigated. Based on the report, Zuma had decided that the public service commission should investigate Soobrayan.

This related to, among others, Soobrayan's alleged indecisiveness on receipt of a letter from the textbook publishers in December last year.

In the letter, the publishers reminded him that pupil and teacher support materials had not been ordered for the Limpopo education department.

Soobrayan also apparently failed to provide the necessary support when the Limpopo education department was placed under national administration.

Sadtu condemned what it said was Soobrayan's running to the media to plead his innocence. This showed contempt for government processes and institutions.

Sadtu also expressed shock at the department's advert in newspapers, defending itself after a Section27 application at the high court in Pretoria.

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Oct 11, 2012

RobinH

Excellent. Bra Bobby has to be one of the worst liars I have seen. The minute he starts talking his eyes stop engaging and he is unable to look at the camera. He twitches and uhms and ahs.... and then comes up with stories that even the spin-doctor general, Mac M wouldn't try on our ever-gullible public. Shifty doesn't even come close. Not once have I seen him actually answer a question. How this complete numbskull wound up as DG of such a crucial portfolio not even God knows. Nail him to the wall, please.
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Oct 11, 2012

Mrazane

Hey RobinH God is all knowing...but I hear you boet.

What I don't understand in this whole saga is how the Minister and the MEC escape from all of this unscathed, and because they have escaped how does the President escape, having allowed them to escape? oooooooh I get it the others know that if they let the President off the hook, he then owes them an escape too - aaaaaaahhhhh where this a break down in accountability and there are no consequences there is bound to be a breakdown in governance.
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Oct 12, 2012

RobinH

Soobrayan reminds me of the Zappa song I am the Slime.
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