The disciplinary hearing of a senior public works official implicated in the controversial R246m upgrade of President Jacob Zuma’s private Nkandla residence has been postponed again. The hearing was postponed just a few hours after the Special Investigating Unit’s chief forensic investigator‚ Mariette Amanda Dreyer‚ had started giving evidence against Department of Public Works employee Sibusiso Chonco, in Durban on Tuesday. Chonco is the first of 10 public works officials to face disciplinary action over the Nkandla saga and his hearing‚ which had been set down for three days‚ has now been adjourned until August 7 and 8. The department’s legal representative, Mduduzi Kulati, asked hearing chairperson advocate Thulani Khuzwayo for the hearing to be stood down for half an hour, so that he could consult with public works’ chief director for legal services, Barnie Ntlou, who made a surprise appearance. After their meeting‚ Kulati requested from Khuzwayo that the hearing be postponed as...
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