GwedeMantasha Foundation fires COO: Where’s there’s smoke, there’s fire
27 January 2021
The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes reports that the GwedeMantasha Foundation has fired its Chief Operations Officer, Caswell Mokoena, in the wake of a funding scandal, despite Minister Gwede Mantashe’s denial of any wrongdoing on either his own part or that of the foundation. It is alleged by the former internal auditor of electrical supply company Voltex that R935 000 was paid to a company called Ntlokholo Investments (of which Mokoena was a director at the time), but was disguised as a donation to the Foundation.
Where there is smoke, there is fire, and Mokoena’s dismissal raises more questions that must be answered:
Why was Mokoena fired if there was no wrongdoing?
Why did the Foundation receipt R935 000 from Voltex (a Bidvest subsidiary), if the money was intended for another company?