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North West premier feels the heat for diverting R50 million meant for service delivery to airline

The money was taken from a ring-fenced fund meant for the development of Mahikeng and surrounding areas, which continue to be faced with serious service delivery problems including potholed and generally bad roads, non-functional street lights, as well as water and sanitation challenges.Mokgoro authorised the release of money to pay SA Express knowing that the flights subsidy was not contained in programmes to be covered by the ring-fenced fund held by the office of the premier.

Mokgoro has often been accused of having been part of Mahumapelo’s fifth administration and criticised for the wrong decisions taken then. He said prioritisation was with the executive committee and that while his then position as acting director-general had a role to advise, ultimately he had to implement decisions.

The premier was also quizzed on why money was released to fund the reinstatement of flights when the relevant department itself – the department of community safety and transport management – did not have a budget for it.“When there is a report by the department to the executive committee, and there is an acceptance by the committee, whom am I to refuse? Maybe I should have gone back to the executive committee and said its decision was uninformed, but it was not my space,” he said.

Phatudi said this was the only process followed and that no other procurement or tender processes were complied with.Mokgoro said he authorised payment under the impression that it had been presented to the committee and procurement processes had been followed, and said that Phatudi’s evidence to the commission was contrary to what was presented to the committee by then Community Safety and Transport Management MEC Gaoage Molapisi and Mahlakoleng.

 

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He must be arrested.

I thought he said he was just a postman!

Who in the ANC is not corrupt

VoetsekANC

They are all corrupt

There's nothing surprising and it's about tym that compatriots help safe this country by deserting these old crooks

The entire ANC is rotten to the core there are absolutely no holy cows at Loothuli house.

He's safe, he's on Ramaphosa faction.

marinavanzyl The future generation of this country is going to judge us on this blunders... whatever happened to 'Batho Pele principle'?

marinavanzyl The enemy is not white privilege, apartheid, racism, DA. The enemy is internal to the black community in the form of corruption, theft, vanity etc.

What a moron

Peterman43 A whole professor Blydom 🤦🏾

Le pele di na le baji. Halala the hunter becomes the hunted.

Kant who is corrupt?

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