South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday picked a legal veteran as the head of the anti-corruption police unit.
Jan Lekhoa Mothibi, a lawyer who has held executive and senior
management positions at Standard Bank and Nedbank, takes over from
Wilhelm Visagie, who was the acting head of the Special Investigating
Unit, the presidency said in a statement.
According to its website, the principal functions of the unit are to
investigate serious malpractices, maladministration and corruption in
connection with the administration of state institutions and to take
appropriate action.
The appointment comes hours before the debate in parliament on the
motion to impeach Zuma after South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled
that he had failed to uphold the constitution by ignoring instructions
to pay back some of the $16 million in state funds spent on renovations
at his sprawling residence at Nkandla.
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
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