BOARD OF AGENCY
Discord over youth body list
The shortlist selection follows a series of financial and governance challenges at the National Youth Development Agency
Parliament’s ad hoc committee established to appoint members to the board of the National Youth Development Agency will start interviewing shortlisted candidates this week, amid misgivings from some members that the positions will be shared along party lines.The committee must choose seven members from the shortlist of 14 candidates. This is the latest attempt at appointing a board after a series of financial and governance challenges.A case of fraud and money laundering against the agency’s former head, Andile Lungisa, and three others is still pending at the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crime Court.The four are accused of accepting and sharing among themselves R2.5m paid by the Department of Arts and Culture for a Nelson Mandela Sport and Culture Day concert.Ad hoc committee co-chair Philemon Mapulane said the extension the committee had requested to do its work was sufficient to ensure public participation in the process."We have not been able to get feedback from official...
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