Times Of Swaziland: DIRECTOR OF YOUTH AFFAIRS BHEKI THWALA REINSTATED

DIRECTOR OF YOUTH AFFAIRS BHEKI THWALA REINSTATED
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 BY SIBONGILE SUKATI on 27/03/2019 00:50:00


MBABANE – It may not have taken 48-hours, but suspended Director of Youth
Affairs Bheki Thwala has been reinstated.
The letter of reinstatement, according to impeccable sources, was delivered to
Thwala yesterday afternoon.
Thwala’s reinstatement comes two weeks after the House of Assembly resolved
that the officer who had been on suspension for about three years be re-instated
or the Minister of Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs Harries ‘Madze’ Bulunga
would face a vote of no confidence.
Thwala had been suspended following an audit query by the former Auditor General
Phestecia Nxumalo, who alleged that there had been mismanagement of money and
other assets belonging to the Youth Enterprise Revolving Fund (YERF) where
Thwala was the acting Fund manager.
Budget
However, during the budget debate by the ministry’s portfolio committee which
was chaired by Siphofaneni MP Mduduzi Simelane, the House resolved that if
Thwala was not reinstated within 48 hours, then the minister could face the
boot.
This was after a motion by Motshane MP Robert Magongo, who was supported by
Hosea MP Mduduzi Mabuza.
The officer had been suspended with pay about three years ago after criminal
charges were laid against him,  however, he had since been cleared by the police
and the office of the director of public prosecutions.