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Dirco CEO Kgabo Mohoai has been suspended after purchasing “land” intended to house diplomats in New York.
FILE: Dirco’s Minister Naledi Pandor sent a letter to employees declaring the move on Kgabo Mohoai, saying this does not constitute a judgment on their part. Image: EWN
JOHANNESBURG – The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has confirmed that its CEO has been placed on preventive suspension amid allegations of buying non-existent land worth R118 million in the United States.
Minister Naledi Pandor sent a letter to the employees declaring the measure on Kgabo Mohoai, saying that this does not constitute a judgment on their part.
In 2019, Parliament’s international relations and cooperation portfolio committee found that taxpayers’ money was being spent on New York ground.
The committee went to New York to survey the grounds only to find an old, dilapidated building.
The wasteful purchase was reportedly made to accommodate South African diplomats.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Nonceba Losi has been named acting CEO.
Dirco spokesman Lunga Ngqengelele said: “I can confirm that the director general of the department of international relations and cooperation has been placed on precautionary suspension as of Thursday, to allow the investigation into the land purchase that took place in New York. ”.
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