The husband of suspended president Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko has died, according to a report by news channel Newzroom Afrika.
The station said Diko’s husband, Amabhaca chief Madzikane II Thandisizwe Diko died in hospital on Sunday.
“Circumstances surrounding Diko’s death are unclear at this stage,” the channel reported.
Diko (née Sangoni) and Thandisizwe Diko got married in 2018.
The two-day royal wedding started at Qokolweni, Khusela’s home, and moved to the Elundzini Great Place at Ncutheni village in KwaBhaca, in the Eastern Cape.
Thandisizwe Diko has been embroiled in a PPE corruption scandal after media reports suggested he had been awarded tenders to the tune of R125 million by the Gauteng Department of Health to supply PPE in an alleged fraudulent transaction.
Last month the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has successfully reviewed and set aside Thandisizwe Diko’s company Royal Bhaca and its proxy Ledla Structural Developments’ contracts with the Gauteng department of health at the Special Tribunal Court in Joburg.
The SIU also secured a forfeiture order of millions of rands against funds contained in the two companies’ bank accounts, the companies’ directors, and another entity linked to the two controversial companies.
Diko has been on special leave for the past 8 months following allegations of her husband’s involvement in an alleged PPE tender scandal. The presidency in a statement last month said the SIU has thus far not obtained any evidence pointing to Diko’s involvement in the awarding of two contracts by the Gauteng Department of Health to Royal Bhaca.
“During its investigation, the SIU did however identify a concern regarding Ms Diko’s duty to disclose all her financial interests. On the basis of a referral from the SIU on her failure to disclose her financial interests, the Presidency has decided to initiate an internal disciplinary process against Ms Diko,” read the statement.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information comes through.
–SW
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