Name corrupt officials, Magashule urged
2013-02-27 07:23
Bloemfontein - Free State Premier Ace Magashule was on
Tuesday challenged to supply the names of officials fired for corruption.
"Have they simply been redeployed, or can he supply us
with police case numbers?" asked Free State Democratic Alliance member Roy
Jankielsohn, in responding to Magashule’s state of the province address.
"Who has Honourable Magashule ever fired for
corruption? And we mean fired, not redeployed."
Forensic investigations
Jankielsohn said millions of rands were spent on forensic
investigations into alleged irregularities at Free State municipalities such as
Matjhabeng, Dihlabeng, Nala, Setsoto, and Mohokare.
In executive summaries of reports, paid for by the public,
details of alleged irregularities and crimes were provided, yet the full
reports with the names of the alleged perpetrators were never released.
"We just hear that such people have once again been
redeployed," said Jankielsohn.
He said cadre deployments in the Free State were not aimed
at promoting the best person for the job, but rather to place
Magashule-friendly allies into influential positions.
Magashule denied that many top officials were not qualified
to do their jobs at municipalities and in the provincial government.
"I will disprove you. Because they are black you do not
see them."
Qualifications
Magashule said the premier could not be blamed for not
having enough black accountants.
"You cannot blame us for not having black accountants.
You denied them. We were denied education by law and force."
He challenged opposition party members to compare their
qualifications with that of the province’s top officials.
Magashule said the Free State was employing both black and
white people. Members of opposition parties at municipalities were allowed to
attend the interviews of candidates for local government jobs.
"The fact of the matter is our people are better
qualified; you can compare their qualifications with your own."
Magashule said in the Western Cape the DA was also deploying
its own people.
"They are taking away people employed by the ANC
before."
- SAPA
