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GroundUp reports that embattled National Lotteries Commission chief operations officer Phillemon Letwaba has been suspended for the third time and will now face another disciplinary inquiry.
About four months ago Letwaba returned to work after a disciplinary hearing controversially cleared him of money laundering and abusing his position to enrich himself and his family. He now faces the same charges, including contraventions of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, as well as sections of the Lotteries Act and the Public Finance Management Act. He will apparently face new additional charges too. The latest disciplinary inquiry was postponed after Letwaba complained about the advocate chosen to chair the hearing. The hearing is expected to proceed shortly but under a different chairperson. Letwaba was suspended in October last year on the recommendation of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) just three months after he returned to work after a 17-month “leave of absence”. He was paid a performance bonus of nearly R1-million in spite of not being at work. Letwaba went on his “leave of absence” soon after the NLC announced in February 2020 that it had appointed an audit firm “to institute an independent investigation into allegations of improper use of funds intended for good causes”. The outcome of this investigation has yet to be made public. Letwaba’s five-year contract with the NLC expires at the end of November.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Raymond Joseph at GroundUp
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