Long-serving unionist Katishi Masemola has again been fired by the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) after an independent investigation found him guilty of financial impropriety amounting to R20m.

An investigation is pending into how Fawu lost about R19.2m which subsequently led to write-offs in the Basebenzi Investment Group, Fawu’s investment wing, in which Masemola was a director and former acting CEO...