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DA accuses former minister Shabangu of appointing SASSA CEO at inflated salary [SOUND]

# The DA says former Social Development minister, Susan Shabangu, unlawfully appointed SASSA CEO, Busisiwe Memela-Khambula, in 2019 at a salary of 2.65-million-rand, instead of approved 1.88-million-rand. According to DA’s Alexandra Abrahams, a Public Protector report found the appointment violated legal procedures and lacked Cabinet approval. She calls for urgent accountability stating that taxpayers’ money meant for the poor was misused over six years:

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