EFF lodges ethics complaint against DA’s Mark Burke over R4bn Kastelo probe
“Mr Burke held the position of Founder and Chairman of a company at the centre of one of the largest live exchange control matters before the Reserve Bank, while sitting as a full member of the Committee that Parliament entrusts with oversight of the very institution investigating that company,” Maotwe stated in her affidavit.
Affidavit In the affidavit, Maotwe alleges that Burke’s role as founder and chairman of Kastelo Proprietary Limited, while simultaneously serving on the committee overseeing the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), created a direct conflict of interest.“Public reporting to date does not identify any disclosure by Mr Burke to the Committee of this interest, nor any withdrawal by him from Committee business touching the Reserve Bank’s exchange control mandate,” she wrote.
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