Pressure on embattled Public Service and Administration Minister Faith Muthambi continues to mount with Parliament looking to take action against her and the Public Service Commission (PSC) confirming it would investigate possible abuse of office by the minister. Earlier this week, Parliament’s communications portfolio committee said it would finalise implementation of the recommendations of the ad-hoc committee on the SABC in relation to Muthambi, the former communications minister. “The committee resolved to write to the speaker in this regard to seek clarity on legal parameters and further bring to her attention our resolve to urgently deal with the matter [in] the public domain, involving payments of money between MultiChoice and the ANN7 television channel,” said Humphrey Maxegwana, communications portfolio committee chairman. In 2017, Parliament adopted the damning ad-hoc report detailing the collapse of governance at the public broadcaster. The report sharply criticised Mutha...
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