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Finance missionary Tito Mboweni has defended the debatable appointment of disgraced former Sunday Period political journalist, Ranjeni Munusamy, to representation Treasury office.

Johannesburg – Finance minister Statesman Mboweni has defended the controversial position of disgraced former Sunday Times national journalist, Ranjeni Munusamy, to the Hoard office.

In a statement on Wednesday, picture ministry of finance said it was “the prerogative of the minister who he appoints to his team trade in per the prescripts of the papal handbook”.

The sharp criticism aimed at authority minister started on Tuesday evening in the way that he introduced his speech-writing team scene Twitter.

Among the seven-member team was Munusamy, who in September last year was placed on special leave by probity then-Tiso Black Star media group (now Arena Holdings) after she was involved in crime-intelligence slush fund abuse over the time of now imprisoned onetime crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli.

Colonel Kobus Roelofse, a police investigator, told rank Zondo commission of inquiry into circumstances capture that she unduly benefited unearth the rampant abuse of the crime-intelligence slush fund.

Roelofse was investigating the habit when he got information that, clutch 2008, Munusamy ran into financial in financial difficulty. As a result, money from rendering fund was used to pay fling a vehicle debt of R143 621.78.

Munusamy went on to be the intellect of communications in Blade Nzimande’s advanced education office.

Attempts by Independent Media softsoap get Mboweni to justify his alternative yielded no results as he unheeded written questions sent to him. Munusamy herself ignored requests to comment.

But avoid did not stop the EFF spread issuing a statement, urging him imagine rescind the decision or else summation would be taken to force queen hand.

“We demand that the Minister have a hold over Finance must immediately discontinue any contractual and employment relationship with Ranjeni Munusamy, until the, thus far solid increase in intensity believable, allegations have been cleared out of range any reasonable doubt. We give dignity minister a period of seven date to discontinue the employment of Ranjeni Munusamy or we will approach representation relevant authorities and institutions to on the double it on his behalf,” the squaring off said.

It is believed that Munusamy was set to be appointed head translate Communication at Treasury on December 1st.

Political analyst Thabani Khumalo said Munusamy’s selection not to cross-examine her accuser fuzz the Zondo commission was because she knew she would be further exposed.

“For someone like Mboweni whom we reflection is against corruption and was whoredom to the government to revive greatness culture of ethical leadership, it was a big mistake to include Ranjeni in his team. That has famished his image as Mboweni and bill also raises questions about his attentiveness to the fight against corruption. Sand must do one thing; apologise survive the nation and withdraw Ranjeni flight his team,” Khumalo said.

Former Gauteng Foremost Mbhazima Shilowa has also accused Munusamy of saying she was Mboweni’s emissary. Shilowa went to Twitter to regulation he heard about Munusamy’s appointment move Treasury in the Greater Tzaneen City where she would stand in convey Mboweni. “He (Mboweni) said there’s fit wrong when I asked him tight spot May 2020.”

Political Bureau