{"id":84669,"date":"2013-08-19T08:58:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T06:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=84669"},"modified":"2013-08-19T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T07:55:26","slug":"mtn-exec-robert-madzonga-suspended-over-pule-link-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/84669-mtn-exec-robert-madzonga-suspended-over-pule-link-report.html","title":{"rendered":"MTN exec Robert Madzonga suspended over Pule link: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

MTN<\/a>‘s chief corporate services officer has been suspended allegedly over his role in the diversion of sponsorship funds for the ICT indaba, Business Day reported on Monday.<\/p>\n

The newspaper reported that Robert Madzonga<\/a> was also threatening to take take legal action against former MTN SA managing director Karel Pienaar<\/a>, human resource director Themba Nyathi<\/a> and general manager of business risk management Lily Zondo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zondo allegedly accused Madzonga of receiving some of the money paid to former communications minister Dina Pule<\/a>‘s boyfriend Phosa Mngqibisa<\/a>, as a management fee for the indaba last year.<\/p>\n

Pule faced parliament’s joint ethics committee recently following allegations that funds for the event had disappeared, the paper reported.<\/p>\n

Madzonga reportedly considers the accusation defamatory.<\/p>\n

He also lodged a grievance over the allegation.<\/p>\n

MTN confirmed the suspension but gave no details, saying it was “not in a position to divulge the nature of these internal matters…”.<\/p>\n

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