The leader of the opposition in Parliament says Ramaphosa's dithering on lifestyle audits has worsened corruption.
DA leader John Steenhuisen points the finger at President Cyril Ramaphosa for the late implementation of lifestyle audits. Image: Parliament of South AfricaDA leader John Steenhuisen points the finger at President Cyril Ramaphosa for the late implementation of lifestyle audits.
In 2023, Mashatile was accused of using his tenure as a Gauteng MEC to benefit close friends and family members, including hisEarlier when responding to Steenhuisen’s initial question, Ramaphosa said “after several delays, lifestyle audits of members of the executive are underway”.
“Mr President, your failure to implement lifestyle audits, is what has facilitated this alleged corruption the speaker. Since you are the reason that lifestyle audits were not done, you are reason we are sitting with an allegedly corrupt deputy president, a speaker whose house is being raided and Cabinet that reads like Zondo’s most-wanted list.”
“Are you going to take responsibility and accept that in this matter, you are accused number one?” Steenhuisen asked in conclusion.“At the end of January 2023, 24 national and 71 provincial departments reported concluding lifestyle audits. With further interventions, the number of compliant departments increased at the end of March 2023 to 36 national government departments and 89 provincial departments,” she said.
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