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Public Protector

PARLIAMENT has named the 26-member committee that will enquire into whether or not there are grounds to remove Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane from office.

“The committee’s 26 members come from each of the 14 political parties represented in the National Assembly. Eleven will be voting members of the committee and another 15 will be non-voting members,” Parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo said this week. | Political Bureau

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SA/Vietnam

PHAM Minh Chinh, 63, was sworn in as the new prime minister of Vietnam this week, while former prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, 66, takes on the role of president of Vietnam.

Asked what the impact of the changes may be for South Africa, Ambassador Hoang Van Loi said the good relations could be expected to grow as the party conference had recognised the role of multilateral diplomacy and Vietnam regarded South Africa as one of its strategic partners, writes Valerie Boje.

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Ters fraud

THE Department of Employment and Labour has welcomed the investigation into allegations of possible corruption and maladministration of the UIF special Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) benefits.

This is being led by the Special Investigation Unit. The investigation will focus on the payments of Covid-19 Ters benefits to people who were not entitled to receive such payments or submitted false, irregular, invalid or defective application to the UIF, including the causes of such maladministration. |

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