TimesLive writes that Sibusiso Chonco will have to leave his sick bed and present himself before a disciplinary hearing‚ where he is accused of wrongdoing in the awarding of the R246-million contract for upgrades to President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead.
Chonco is the first of 10 public works officials to face the hearing. They are broadly accused of flouting tender processes that saw controversial architect Minenhle Makhanya awarded the contract for the upgrades. He was set to appear on Monday and Tuesday. But in a dramatic twist‚ his legal representative Adrian Moodley presented a medical certificate showing that Chonco was depressed‚ unable to concentrate and on heavy medication. He had been booked off work from 29 March to 29 April. However after an hour-long debate, hearing chairman Adv Thulani Khuzwayo adjourned the hearing until Tuesday and was insistent that Chonco should present himself. "I'm adjourning it for him to be here tomorrow. If you have to go to his house to fetch him‚ so be it,” Khuzwayo told Moodley.
- Read this report by Nathi Olifant And Matthew Savides in full at TimesLive
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