Home Affairs minister asked DG to 'help her son' settle financial dispute
'I believe that there may be other motives that underlie why I have been suspended. I am concerned that in my absence steps will be taken to settle matters that ought not to be settled'
28 September 2017 - 07:25
Minister of Home Affairs Hlengiwe Mkhize asked her department's director-general, Mkuseli Apleni - whom she has now suspended - to help her son in settling a legal dispute with the department involving nearly R1-million, it is alleged in court papers. Apleni has made an urgent application to the Pretoria High Court for a declaration that his suspension from his duties by Mkhize was unconstitutional and invalid.
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