Watch – Minister Tolashe’s state-funded nanny and the daughter who took half her salary
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“a former household employee of Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe may have been required to pay half of her government-funded monthly salary to the minister’s daughter”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists solely of dictionary definitions for the word 'FORMER'. There is no factual information, news reports, or documents provided that address the allegation regarding the household employee or the payment of salary to the minister's daughter.
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— FORMER definition: preceding in time; prior or earlier. See examples of former used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/former
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— The meaning of FORMER is coming before in time. How to use former in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Former.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/former
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/former
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— FORMER meaning: 1. of or in an earlier time; before the present time or in the past: 2. the first of two people…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/forme…
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/forme…
“Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe”
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Multiple independent news sources (Daily Maverick and Sowetan) consistently identify Sisisi Tolashe as the Social Development Minister.
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— The white BAIC SUV remains in the possession of Nanilethu Tolashe, the son of Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-02-exclusive…
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-02-exclusive…
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— Nanilethu Tolashe, the son of Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe, works as a business development manager for Afrika OV, while Kanyisa Tolashe, his sister, works as a project officer at the Ne…
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-02-exclusive…
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-02-exclusive…
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— Social development minister Sisisi Tolashe has called for urgent and coordinated national action to protect children from abuse, neglect and exploitation
https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-05-04-minister-says-urge…
https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-05-04-minister-says-urge…
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