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The Public Protector informed the media on Wednesday of 14 investigative reports.
FILE: ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule at the IEC Results Operations Center on May 10, 2019. Image: Kayleen Morgan / EWN
CAPE TOWN – Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has acquitted former Free State Prime Minister Ace Magashule of misleading the provincial legislature.
This follows an investigation into complaints against the secretary general of the African National Congress (ANC) that he misled the legislature about his office’s participation in the official funeral of Health MEC Fundiswa Ngubentombi.
Mkhwebane also did not convict former Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson of selling the country’s strategic fuel reserves.
The Public Protector informed the media on Wednesday of 14 investigative reports.
One of these included an achiever about Magashule who misled the Free State legislature. This followed two complaints.
“My investigation revealed that the former prime minister did not mislead the legislature in his response regarding his office’s involvement in the funeral arrangements, as well as his office’s commitment to ensure that the provincial government reimburses the municipality,” Mkhwebane said.
On the sale of 10 million barrels of strategic oil reserves held by the Strategic Fuel Fund, Mkhwebane said he could not make a finding against Joemat-Pettersson.
“In light of the above, I am not making any findings or corrective action, that the report only consists of the observation we made that there is no policy and that policy would have to be developed,” he said.
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