By Simon Nare
Independent Development Trust (IDT) board chairperson Zimbini Hill’s academic qualifications came under scrutiny during a Portfolio Committee on Public Works meeting on Wednesday, with MPs demanding evidence of her qualifications and an update of investigations into the matter.
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson had to jump to Hill’s defence as several MPs and committee chairperson Carol Mokgadi Phiri demanded clarity on the allegations of a fraudulent master’s degree held by Hill.
Phiri demanded to know the highest qualification required for anyone to become member of the IDT board and lamented that Macpherson had not shared the advertisement of the vacancy for board members, who joined the board when he became minister following the formation of the Government of National Unity.
Hill was one of the members who rejoined the board after she left when she was about to be fired by then public works and
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