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Lindiwe Maseko
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Lindiwe Maseko (born 2 March 1958) is a South African politician who was appointed South African Ambassador to Venezuela in July 2022. She previously served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2019 and as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2014; she was Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2009 to 2014. She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and was Provincial Treasurer of the ANC in Gauteng from 2001 to 2010.
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The research found that while disclosure was often carefully monitored and the documents made available to the public, investigation into the information supplied in the documents and sanctioning of officials is not happening (in South Africa).”
A public official may find themselves in a situation without actually having behaved corruptly – conflict of interest does not refer to actual wrong-doing, but rather to the potential to engage in wrong-doing.”
The issue in cases like this, as a public figure, according to the international norm, is to remove herself from the situation immediately or actively discourage a situation where business interests relating to her spouse or children come near her institution.
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