The National Planning Commission (NPC) has received several complaints from members of the public who signed up to attend a “National Development Plan Leadership Conference” in Durban on 13 - 14 June 2013. Reports suggest that the conference was organised by an organisation called the Public Sector Business Network.
It has been brought to our attention that there was no conference, that the organisers had disappeared and that the delegates to the event had been misled. We would like to place on record that the NPC had nothing to do with the conference, and has no association with the Public Sector Business Network or any of its agents or proxies.
The National Development Plan is a public document and anyone who wished to host a conference to discuss it does not need the permission of the NPC. However, the use of the name of the Commission and photographs of its members without permission amounts to fraud. It is through such fraudulent behaviour that organisers of the conference attracted delegates to the scam conference.
The NPC is deeply concerned that the so-called Public Sector Business Network misled people in this manner. We encourage victims of this scam to seek legal recourse.
Enquiries:
Dumisa Jele
Ministry for National Planning
Cell: 082 908 4798
Tel: 021 464 2114
