R150-million scandal kingpin “will be out office today”
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER Dr Anban Pillay, a top South African civil servant identified as the kingpin in the R150-million communication tender scandal has been served with a suspension letter and would be "out of the office today", Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has announced Phaahla told a media briefing that he had only received the report of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) on Wednesday and could only act now. The report had been with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa for weeks. The SIU's report found that Pillay, then acting-Director General in the Department of Health, lied and committed financial misconduct. "We…