SFF HEARING RECOMMENCE

JUSTICE Minister Penuell Maduna spent most of Monday on the witness stand when the public protector’s hearings into alleged irregularities at the Strategic Fuel Fund resumed in Cape Town. Maduna was responsible for the SFF when he was Minerals and Energy Minister in former President Nelson Mandela’s Cabinet. Public protector Selby Baqwa is also investigating whether auditor general Henri Kluever reported properly and correctly on the alleged irregularities. At Monday’s hearing Maduna was questioned at length about correspondence and meetings between himself and members of Kluever’s office. He told the hearing he had not been satisfied with the co-operation he had received from the office of the auditor general when he had queried possible irregularities regarding the fund. The hearing continues on Tuesday. Three months have been set aside for the hearing.