MEMBERS of Parliament’s portfolio committee on international relations say they are disappointed after Naledi Pandor snubbed a meeting where she was expected to explain the suspension of DIRCO director-general, Kgabo Mahoai.
The portfolio committee on international relations wants Pandor to explain her reasons for putting Mahoai on precautionary suspension.
Mahoai’s suspension comes after revelations the department spent R118 million for a piece of land in New York, which did not exist.
“The Minister lost an opportunity to take the committee into its confidence and explain how she arrived at the decision for a precautionary suspension of the current Director-General (DG), Mr Kgabo Mahoai,” said the chairperson of the committee, Tandi Mahambehlala.
The committee resolved that Pandor should be invited again to account on the matter.
Mahambehlala said the department had also been expected to provide further details that would have enabled the committee to make a determination on the extent
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