City Press reports that the University of SA (Unisa) has suspended another senior official in its finance department for allegedly blowing the whistle on R500,000 spent on an ANC-aligned event.
Donald Ndlovu, a director in the asset and expenditure unit, was suspended on 29 April for allegedly downloading the proof of payment to the ANC-aligned Progressive Business Forum. The university council, including vice-chancellor Puleng LenkaBula, paid for a table of 12 executive members next to President Cyril Ramaphosa last December. Shortly after the details of the irregular spending were revealed, Unisa launched an internal investigation to establish who had leaked the payment details. Ndlovu has been charged for disclosing information to a “third party”. He has denied the allegation. AfriForum’s private prosecution unit is representing Ndlovu. In a letter to Unisa senior management, Advocate Gerrie Nel, the head of the AfriForum legal unit, described the steps taken against Ndlovu as an amateurish attempt to conceal financial malfeasance. Ndlovu joins Unisa’s acting vice-principal for finance, supply chain management and business enterprise and chief financial officer, Reshma Mathura, who was suspended in April last year. A year later, after several investigations cleared Mathura of corruption involving receiving illicit payments from students, she remains on suspension. She is also represented by AfriForum.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Abram Mashego at City Press (subscription / trial registration required)
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