Ministers accused of nepotism

SOCIAL Development Minister Pitso Lesaoana has been dragged to the court for allegedly hiring relatives and political cronies to work in the Old Age Pension department. The complainants are 10 officials of the Ministry of Social Development whose contracts have not been renewed under dubious circumstances. The 10 old-age pension officials told the High Court in papers filed on Tuesday that Social Development Minister Lesaoana and his colleague, Finance Minister Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane, have replaced them with their relatives.

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