A document leaked to journalists says the minister was aware of illegal fundraising for her presidential bid by her own task team ... and ‘kept quiet’ about it.
The memorandum is understood to have been drafted by senior departmental staff on the instruction of Sisulu’s controversial aide,, and signed by her, before it was issued to the task team’s members. According to sources in the department, the letter was issued after a fall-out between Mdekazi and members of the task team as a result of their investigations into corruption at two water boards falling under the department. The letter was later “withdrawn”.
However, the team included a number of people who were part of the minister’s 2017 campaign, sparking allegations that it was focused on running her campaign for the ANC presidency in 2022. The chief executives of both boards had earlier blown the whistle on Mdekazi, accusing him of political interference and corruption, and making statements to the Hawks, who have opened an inquiry.was unable to reach the chief executives of either board for comment about their affidavits before going to print. Sisulu also issued a statement warning about “fake news” being circulated about her department.
However, it had come to her attention in recent months that “some people within the collective” wanted to “tarnish the image of the minister” and had joined the task team to “pursue their business interest[s] and easy wealth accumulation at the expense of the good cause”. As a result, she said: “After careful consideration of all these factors, and others that have been brought to my attention by various individuals and law enforcement agencies, I came to the conclusion that I must, with immediate effect disband, the NRRTT.”
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