Shock as rot is uncovered in brand new parastatal

Established in 2013, the Commission is responsible for investigating applications for tariff amendments and trade remedies and also regulates imports and exports to and from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). The Commission’s board first sat in January 2015 before being dissolved in March 2016, the same month Parliament approved the P9.9 million budget.

The CEO, Mphoeng Tamasiga, appointed in February 2016, yesterday received a baptism of fire before the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies, with revelations and concessions on spending and recruitment processes after the Board’s dissolution. Shortly after taking the oath at 0917hrs, committee chair, Samson Moyo Guma stunned Tamasiga with an anonymous letter written to the committee accusing the CEO of “maladministration, corruption and abuse of public office”.