Khumbudzo Ntshavheni (Photo: Waldo Swiegers, Bloomberg)
Government says is working on fixing the numerous problems at Brand SA, the state-owned enterprise meant to promote South Africa’s image
Former general manager Petrus de Kock says the SOE is on the verge of collapse, as there is no executive committee and several vacant executive positions.
Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the job to fix Brand SA began under then Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, who died in January.
Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the government is working on fixing the numerous problems at Brand SA, the state-owned enterprise meant to promote South Africa’s image.
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule will not be stepping aside voluntarily when the ANC’s deadline to do so passes at the end of the month, creating the possibility that he will have to be taken through a protracted process that would buy him even more time in office.
The Pretoria High Court this week dismissed axed Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku’s application to overturn the findings against him by the Special Investigating Unit. However, far from being defeated, Masuku was in high spirits, saying the fact that the court had ruled that he had committed no crime had quashed insinuations that he was corrupt and engaged in nepotism.
Brand SA is on the brink of collapse, according to Petrus de Kock, a general manager at the state-owned enterprise entrusted with promoting South Africa’s image abroad.
De Kock, who resigned this week, alleged Brand SA has been operating without an executive committee and several vacant executive positions. There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our
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