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Mkhuleko Hlengwa, a rising star of the IFP, landed the job of chair of parliament’s key standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) — a post traditionally held by an opposition party member. He has served on Scopa since becoming an MP (at the age of 25 in 2012), and has big shoes to fill in replacing Themba Godi of the African People’s Convention, which failed to win a seat in the May 8 election. Hlengwa says he will enforce public finance management rules and prosecute transgressors. Good instincts...

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