Minister asks for probe on claimed payments to firm linked to alleged lover
Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has asked the public protector to investigate claims that he authorised a R30m payment to a firm connected to a woman alleged to be his lover. Following claims made in the City Press newspaper at the weekend‚ Nhleko said on Tuesday it was a "lie" that he had authorised a R30m payment to Indoni‚ an NGO run by Nomcebo Mthembu. He said the ministry signed a memorandum of understanding with Indoni before he became police minister. In the wake of the xenophobic attacks in the country in 2015 and 2016‚ Indoni was chosen to run the "We are one humanity" campaign. Nhleko said this was based purely on a memorandum of understanding being in place with the NGO; the company was based in KwaZulu-Natal where most of the attacks were taking place. Nhleko said the Civilian Secretariat for Police‚ whose funds he was alleged to have disbursed‚ did not have that kind of money available at the time. "At the time the xenophobic attacks flared up there was only R1.5m left in ...
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