DIRCO must fire diplomat who owes R800K for property vandalism

A REPLY toa DA parliamentary question has revealed that South African diplomat, Adv David Kweli Nkosi, has been redeployed as political counsellor to the South African Embassy in Amman, Jordan, despite owing the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO) just under R800 000 for damages incurred to rented properties in Austria and India where he was previously deployed.

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To date, Adv Nkosi has only reimbursed DIRCO R10 000 of an amount of only R116 615 seemingly renegotiated by DIRCO, a substantial reduction due to departmental inefficiencies to process the case.

DIRCO Minister, Ronald Lamola, must immediately fire Adv Nkosi from South Africa's foreign service, recall him, and begin the process to recuperate every last cent of the R800 000 he owes the Department and the South African taxpayer.

The R10 000 paid thus far is supposedly part of a payment arrangement negotiated by DIRCO to recover the money owed.