Dodgy High commissioner appointments compromise investment and job creation
20 February 2017
The DA is deeply concerned about the negative impact inappropriate appointments of South African Ambassadors and High Commissioners is having on our country’s ability to attract investment and create jobs.
South African Ambassadors and High Commissioners should focus on securing vital job-creating investment from key regions and not be an embarrassment to our country. Yet time and time again we hear reports of questionable individuals holding key positions.
This after the South African High Commissioner to Singapore, Hazel Ngubeni, a convicted drug trafficker, has now been suspended, and SA’s High Commissioner to the UK, Obed Mlaba, failed his security clearance.