29th November 2016
Public Service Commission
Director-General:
Dr Dovhani Mamphiswana
RE: Request to investigate conflict of interest
Dear Dr Mamphiswana
In replies to our DA
Parliamentary Questions, the Minister of Small Business, Lindiwe Zulu, revealed
that she allowed her department to pay R22 million to Mtiya Dynamics, a company
in which her department advisor, Dr Thami Mazwai, owns 40% of the shares.
We wrote to the
Minister on the 9th Nov 2016, requesting that she either terminate
Dr Mazwai's contract with immediate effect or instruct Dr Mazwai to dispose of
his shares immediately. We also requested a copy of his employment contract.
We have had no
response from the Minister to our letter to date.
Last year Dr Mazwai
joined the Department of Small Business Development on what is no doubt a
lucrative contract, shortly after his company Mtiya Dynamics was given the
contract to manage the National Gazelles Programme.
Government employees
in DA-controlled departments, metros and municipalities are barred from doing
business with the state and a conflict of interest is an offence according to
the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act of 2004.
I would like to
request that you investigate this conflict of interest as soon as possible
I look forward to
hearing from you swiftly
Thank you for your cooperation in this
matter.
Best regards,
Toby Chance
DA Shadow Minister for
Small Business Development
Democratic Alliance
Cell: 083 251 5613
Preferred mail: toby@tobychance.com
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