Controversial former IEC electoral chief Mosotho Moepya gets MPs' nod
Moepya, who once drew Thuli Madonsela's ire, has been recommended to serve on the IEC again
Parliament’s portfolio committee on home affairs has adopted three names to be recommended to the National Assembly for the vacancies on the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC), and it includes controversial former chief electoral officer Mosotho Moepya. The other two candidates recommended were Judge Dhayanithie Pillay and Dr Nomsa Praisy Masuku. Former public protector Thuli Madonsela recommended disciplinary action against Moepya for failing to provide her with crucial information during her 2013 investigation of a dodgy lease deal for the procurement of the IEC headquarters, which resulted in the departure of then chairwoman Pansy Tlakula. But during his panel interview in July, for the vacancy of IEC commissioner, Moepya protested his innocence and decried the way he had been treated. He told the panel that he believed he was treated unfairly during the process and denied that he had done anything wrong. Moepya was one of eight people whom the panel, headed by Chief Justice Mogoen...
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