National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) boss Steven Ngubeni signed a R22m catering contract for a relative as part of the more than R100m in taxpayers and Lotto money the agency spent on the controversial World Festival of Students and Youth. The multi-million rand deal was given to Ntombezintsha Trading from Springs, a company whose three… Read More »

If you are a civil servant and want to get rich, join the ­National Youth Development Agency (NYDA). A City Press investigation has revealed that the agency’s staff will earn an average ­salary of R517 000 each this ­financial year, prompting one of its directors to admit that it was nothing more than an ANC… Read More »

Weeks before the controversial World Festival of Youth and Students began, the ANC Youth League secretly hijacked the event. Its first step was to order the ­National Youth Development Agency to kick out a multi-party committee which had already raised millions for the event. The agency, which is populated with former and current youth league… Read More »