SADTU kicks out president over corruption allegations Ntola admits to living in R3m house paid for by one of union's service providers Shanti Aboobaker, The Star, Johannesburg, 22 May 2014 The SA Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) has made the dismissal of its president, Thobile Ntola, official - accusing him of a raft of corruption allegations. Ntola was suspended in August after he allowed COSATU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi who was suspended at the time, to address SADTU members in the Eastern Cape. But yesterday the union alleged he was guilty of, among others, living in a R3.5 million house paid for by one of its service providers, Safrican Insurance Company Ltd, after he threatened to dump them. He was also accused of demanding cars from another union service provider, Capital Car. Although the allegations are serious, the union is not planning on laying criminal charges against its axed president any time soon. It still needs to decide on the way forward. SADTU is already facing a public relations nightmare after it was revealed in the media that teachers and principals were paying to get posts. President Jacob Zuma has since ordered a commission of inquiry into the matter. The union's leaders said in Joburg yesterday that so far no one else had been implicated in the allegations. Ntola has vehemently denied them. SADTU deputy general secretary Nkosana Dolopi said the house Ntola was living in for free would cost anyone at least R35 000 a month in bond repayments. Approached for comment, Ntola admitted to The Star he lived in the house free of charge, except for monthly electricity bills. He said the house was not purchased for him, but was instead probably purchased as part of the private investment portfolio of the owner of Safrican Insurance, a Mr Molombo. He said he had moved into the house for "security reasons" when his wife had to move from Port Elizabeth. On the car allegations, Ntola confirmed getting a car from Capital Car, but said the circumstances under which he received the vehicle differed from the version offered by the union. The union has also accused Ntola of receiving "various sums of money from a service provider of the union without disclosing it. "A director of one of the companies testified that he had an arrangement with Ntola in terms of which he gives him a monthly allowance. "The monthly arrangement is an amount of R10 000 per month and has been paid to Ntola since he became the president of the union," the union said. Ntola's defence to The Star was that SADTU had no policy of disclosure. If Ntola decides to appeal, he can do so at the union's national congress in October. Transcribed -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
