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GroundUp reports that Caroline Kongwa, the chief strategic advisor of the National Gambling Board (NGB) for the past six years, resigned earlier this month after being informed of the findings of an independent audit.
The NGB regulates the almost R60-billion gambling industry in SA. Audit firm TSU Investigation Services found that performance bonuses paid to Kongwa during her tenure “were not approved in line with the NGB performance management policy and [are] thus deemed irregular expenditure”. TSU also found that expenditure relating to “international travel” by Kongwa “can be deemed irregular expenditure”. As to whether “disciplinary and criminal complaints” were being considered as a result of TSU’s investigation, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau advised: “Following receipt of the investigation report, the minister has appointed legal representation to advise him on the way forward. The minister is currently engaging with legal counsel on the course of action.”
Kongwa’s initial appointment in April 2014 as a joint administrator was extended several times. Despite some internal opposition, she was appointed chief strategic advisor in 2019, a position which did not previously exist. Kongwa was paid a total of R3.4-million last year (including bonuses and perks). This was R800,000 more than she was paid in 2023. Kongwa indicated as follows to GroundUp: “I can confirm I tendered my resignation. The reasons for my resignation are personal and private and not for public consumption or publication in your story.”
Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Raymond Joseph & Joseph Bracken at GroundUp
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