Right to Justice suing MacPherson over questionable IDT appointments

NGO Right to Justice is taking embattled Public Works Minister Dean MacPherson to court over questionable IDT board appointments. In a move that has raised eyebrows, MacPherson has appointed individuals with questionable backgrounds to the board of the Independent Development Trust (IDT). The appointments, which are seen as highly controversial, are allegedly a long-shot attempt to remove the current IDT CEO, Tebogo Malaka, from her position. MacPherson appointed Derek Naidoo and Matodzi Ratshimbilani to the IDT board as his ministerial appointees, although Naidoo has a controversial past in relation to serious allegations at the Ethekwini Municipality, where he was deputy city manager. Ratshimbilani was unceremoniously removed from the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) board by then Minister Mondli Ngungubele. MacPherson is attempting to bring Zimbini Hill and Prof. Raymond Naemeka…