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Nepotism dogs CSC board appointments
04 May 2017 at 03:17hrs | Views
A twelve member board appointed Cold Storage Company last month has set tongues wagging following revelations that a quarter of the appointees are related, in one way or the other, to bigwigs in President Robert Mugabe's bloated Cabinet.
It has now emerged that three of the board members are related to bureaucrats in Cabinet, suggesting there might have been corporate governance breaches in the appointments.
Agriculture, Mechanisation and irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made said the new board included three member from the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) because they had invested in CSC.
The board will be chaired by Mrs Sylvia Khumalo Jiyane who is an old board member, deputized by Mr Nemrod Chiminya who is a seasoned technical person and also assist on the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board.
Committee members are Mrs Emily Mumbengegwi, Mr Peter Nyoni, Mrs Cecilia Paradza, Mr Bekhithemba Nkomo, DDR Anxious Masuka, Mrs Rufaro Mazunze, Mr Khodholo Setaboli, Ministry of Agriculture representatives, Dr Unesu Ushewokunze Obatolu and Engineer Reston Muzamhindo.
It has now emerged that three of the board members are related to bureaucrats in Cabine, suggesting there might have been corporate governance breaches in the appointments.
Chiminya is brother to Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo, who also happens to be the Zanu-PF secretary for administration - placing him fourth in the ruling party;'s hierarchy.
Mumbengegwi is the wife of Foreign Affairs Minister, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi.
It has now emerged that three of the board members are related to bureaucrats in Cabinet, suggesting there might have been corporate governance breaches in the appointments.
Agriculture, Mechanisation and irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made said the new board included three member from the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) because they had invested in CSC.
The board will be chaired by Mrs Sylvia Khumalo Jiyane who is an old board member, deputized by Mr Nemrod Chiminya who is a seasoned technical person and also assist on the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board.
Committee members are Mrs Emily Mumbengegwi, Mr Peter Nyoni, Mrs Cecilia Paradza, Mr Bekhithemba Nkomo, DDR Anxious Masuka, Mrs Rufaro Mazunze, Mr Khodholo Setaboli, Ministry of Agriculture representatives, Dr Unesu Ushewokunze Obatolu and Engineer Reston Muzamhindo.
It has now emerged that three of the board members are related to bureaucrats in Cabine, suggesting there might have been corporate governance breaches in the appointments.
Chiminya is brother to Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo, who also happens to be the Zanu-PF secretary for administration - placing him fourth in the ruling party;'s hierarchy.
Mumbengegwi is the wife of Foreign Affairs Minister, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi.
Source - Fin Gaz
