Barely a month after President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe serious maladministration allegations in the Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency, including a R19.2bn tilapia fish farming project on the Wild Coast, the agency is now being hauled to court in a dispute over the placement of its staff into a new organigram.
Nelson Mandela Bay municipality close protection officer Phillip Solomon was involved in a vehicle accident on Friday morning while on his way to pick up mayor Gary van Niekerk from his home.
Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has found that former human settlements minister Lindiwe Sisulu had no legislative powers to appoint a task team.
The recent resignation of three members of the SA Tourism Board in response to the Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship controversy has seemingly left the board devoid of tourism expertise – while the DA says Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s haste to fill their positions was unlawful.
SA Tourism’s interim CFO Johan van der Walt misrepresented his ties to the agency that was set to be used to activate the R1-billion Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship deal, Daily Maverick can reveal.