amaBhungane | IDT Mistrust: Minister Zikalala’s Whitewash that Secured IDT CEO Malaka Her Job

amaBhungane | IDT mistrust: Minister Zikalala’s whitewash that secured IDT CEO Malaka her job

Former public works minister Sihle Zikalala downplayed the findings of an investigation he had commissioned, paving the way for Tebogo Malaka’s appointment as chief executive of the Independent Development Trust (IDT) despite her involvement in a R45-million lease scandal.

IDT MISTRUST | Part 2: Minister Zikalala’s 'whitewash' that secured IDT CEO Malaka her job - AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism

Former public works minister Sihle Zikalala lowballed the findings of an investigation he had commissioned, paving the way for Tebogo Malaka’s appointment as chief executive of the Independent Development Trust (IDT) despite her involvement in a R45-million lease scandal.Part one of this series showed how Kwazi Mshengu, Zikalala’s confidant and then-IDT chair, led the board in abandoning a National Treasury investigation into the parastatal’s pr…