Public protector finds Fikile Mbalula violated the constitution
Busisiwe Mkhwebane has ordered the NPA to investigate whether the funds used to pay for the trip ‘were not the proceeds of money-laundering’
Former sports minister Fikile Mbalula violated the constitution by asking a supplier to SA’s main Olympics body to pay towards a family holiday costing more than R500,000, the public protector has found. Busisiwe Mkhwebane said he also violated the Executive Ethics Act by letting Sedgars Sport, a supplier to the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc), fund some of the 2016 trip. Mbalula, who is now head of the ANC’s elections office, has previously denied any wrongdoing and said he funded the trip himself. He could not be reached for comment on Wednesday. Sedgars has also previously denied any wrongdoing. On Wednesday, Mkhwebane found that Mbalula had gone without paying for the trip first and seemingly had no idea how much it would cost. She said that this was "very irresponsible of him as he could not determine whether he could afford" it. "What was peculiar about it is that neither Mr Mbalula, his family or his office arranged for the trip," Mkhwebane said. "His c...
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