No rules bent in bursary for premier’s son, says Denel
The R1.1m bursary was awarded even as the arms maker struggles to pay salaries
State-owned arms manufacturer Denel has denied that the R1.1m bursary given to the son of North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo was a contravention of the ailing company’s policy. Denel said bursaries were awarded to three students based on the same criteria. Oarabile Mahumapelo was one of them. "The award was made in compliance with Denel’s relevant policy after a full disclosure and presentation to the board of directors of Denel, which was noted without any objection," Denel said on Tuesday. Rapport newspaper reported at the weekend that the state-owned armaments company‚ forced recently to borrow money to pay salaries‚ had "bent the rules" to award the bursary to Mahumapelo. According to the newspaper, Denel CEO Zwelakhe Ntshepe personally signed the contract. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan described the allegations as serious and asked the newly appointed Denel board to institute an internal investigation. Last week Gordhan announced the appointment of an entire new b...
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