The evidence and the events, including the unrest of July, got in the way as President Cyril Ramaphosa said serving as deputy president during South Africa’s period of state capture had been the best way to help end it and consign it to the past.
’s account of how, in desperation, he approached him and the rest of the ruling ANC’s top six leaders as he tried to turn around the entity while then transport minister Dipuo Peters failed to appoint a permanent chief executive, although the entity had not had one for some five years.acting chief executive Lucky Montana
It was not within the party’s power to resolve the problems to which Molefe had pointed; he merely had to report it to those fit to investigate such. “My recollection is that unfortunately he did not get that support … On his evidence, it was like the matter would be looked at some time in the future and he said nobody, including you, Mr President, came back to him to say, ‘You know that problem you raised, we want to help’ or ‘How are you doing?’
“I find it disingenuous that a man who is a chair of an entity would say, ‘I am powerless and I need your full and total support’, when he should have known it would be there anyway. So the question is … he should have gone ahead.” “One of the things I don’t understand is how it was possible that for something like five years there would be no permanent CEO appointed and I ask myself the question: ‘Well, the minister responsible was aware of this situation, it ought to have been reported to either the president or the cabinet.’”“How was this entity supposed to be successful when it had no permanent leader?” Zondo asked.
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