TIM HUGHES: Rogue regulations are set to deepen the rot in Compensation Fund

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Cynical move by the minister will hurt medical service providers as well as those they treat

The government has gone rogue. In gazetting draconian, irrational and unreasonable regulations pertaining to the Compensation Fund the day after parliament rose for recess, employment & labour minister Thulas Nxesi cynically abused his executive power to avoid oversight and evade public scrutiny. By so doing he has undermined core constitutional principles and legislative good practice.

The depth of the fund’s dysfunctionality is borne out not by hearsay but by other government institutions. For 10 years the auditor-general has published disclaimers and adverse opinions. In addition to material non-compliance with legislation, so deep are its pathologies that this year the auditor-general lamented that if not required by legislation it would withdraw from auditing the Compensation Fund.

In response to measured, evidence-based and persuasive presentations by worker, employer, financial and medical bodies, parliament removed the offending clause from the bill and instructed the minister and department to develop regulations to ensure those dealing with the fund are registered.

 

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