It has emerged that the
South African State Security Agency had informed South African Post Office officials
of the criminal history of the employee responsible of raping and murdering a
Uyinene Mrwetyana.
This has been revealed
by an internal Sapo investigation launched after she was attacked at the
Clareinch Post Office in Claremont late last month. Following news that a post
office employee was accused of Mrwetyana’s rape and murder, Communications
Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams demanded answers.
An initial probe by the
Post Office has now discovered he was initially appointed through a labour
broker and there was no screening when temporary staff were made part of Sapo
in 2012.
When he was made
permanent in 2013, the accused stated he had no criminal record. He did so
again in 2016 when was appointed to the position of post office teller.
However last year, when
Sapo took over Sassa payments, all customer-facing staff were subjected to screening
by the State Security Agency.
Which resulted in the
exposure of the accused being one of 174 employees who had criminal convictions
and he was related to a car hijacking in 1998 for which he served five years in
prison.
Sapo said the
information was shared with officials in June last year but never reached
executives or the board.
By: Aneeqa du Plessis
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