Deputy President Paul Mashatile briefs the National Assembly on Eskom’s municipal debt recovery and the role of traditional leaders in rural economic development, among other issues.
Mashatile says government adopted a plan to unbundle Eskom into three units to increase accountability.Mashatile says someone sent him a message, saying"We hear that Paul is on fire in Cape Town".
"It was established that a light capacitor caused the spark, whose smoke triggered the fire alarm within the building. The sitting had to be delayed as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of the Members of Parliament and staff. Sources have told News24 there’s a fire on the first floor of one of the buildings. It's still unclear which building was affected.Officials want to make sure of the source of the flame, a source has told News24.
When President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed me deputy president of the republic, he assigned me specific responsibilities. I realise these tasks will require the cooperative efforts of all three spheres of government – especially civil servants, who are the foot soldiers of the people of South Africa.Popular and influential, a political leader with strong ties to the community he grew up in – but a man tainted by scandal and allegations of corruption.
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