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TMG Digital reports that the latest disciplinary hearing into alleged wrongdoing committed in the R246m upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead was postponed on Thursday — for the third consecutive time.
Jayshree Pardesi‚ Pretoria-based national director of key accounts management‚ appeared at her hearing in Durban on Thursday‚ but a fight over incomplete ‘vital’ documents meant it could not go ahead. She is one of 10 public works officials accused of flouting tender processes that led to controversial architect Minenhle Makhanya being appointed to lead the Nkandla upgrades project. She made her first appearance in October 2014 before the hearings were put on ice. In the last two months‚ Pardesi’s colleagues‚ Sibusiso Chonco — deputy director for utilisations and contracts in the Durban office — and Rakesh Dhaniram — also a director of key accounts for the national department of public works — had their hearings postponed. Pardesi’s hearing will continue from 18 to 20 July.
- Read this report by Matthew Savides in full at BusinessLive
- See too, Another postponement for Nkandla disciplinary hearing, at News24
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