‘North West premier Mahumapelo to appear before SCOPA’


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BY REGINALD KANYANE

The North West Provincial Legislature’s Standing Committee on Provincial Public Accounts will be having a meeting with the Premier of the North West Province, Premier Supra Mahumapelo at the Legislature’s Committee Room 2 at 08h30 on Tuesday, to table an implementation plan of the Public Protector’s Recommendations of the investigations at the Department of Finance.

The Public Protector, Adv. Thuli Madonsela, was requested in 2013 by the North West Legislature SCOPA, to investigate allegations of maladministration, abuse of power and irregular expenditure in the appointment of a legal firm as service provider for the Department of Finance in the North West. The Premier will be tabling a report following a recent SCOPA meeting where the Premier was given a 7 working days to table an implementation plan of the Public Protector’s report.

-TDN

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