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Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi.
- The EFF is calling for the removal of Panyaza Lesufi as Gauteng Education MEC.
- According to one report, Lesufi is heard saying about the tenders that “our people must be satisfied … and taken care of.”
- Lesufi rejects the accusations.
The EFF is calling for the removal of Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi for what the party describes as “damning reports of its conspiracy to carry out acts of corruption for the benefit of its allies.”
On Sunday, City Press reported that Lesufi was heard on tape, in a meeting with his team, where bids for his department were discussed.
Lesufi reportedly said of the tenders that “our people should be satisfied … and taken care of.”
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“As an EFF, we are not surprised by the sheer bully of Panyaza Lesufi, who behaves like a cowboy whenever there are issues facing the Basic Education Sector in Gauteng, but never fundamentally solves anything,” the EFF statement read. issued on Sunday.
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“We therefore call for the immediate removal of Panyaza Lesufi as MEC, for blatantly plotting the patronage and theft of the Basic Education Sector in Gauteng at a time of global economic crisis. Lesufi’s nefarious self-enrichment plan is sabotage. education and the future of children, and amounts to treason. “
The EFF has long called for the abolition of the tender system, saying it “exists only to serve the interests of an elite, while undermining state capacity and delivering critical services to a parasitic private sector.”
Lesufi’s office, meanwhile, rejected what it called “misleading reports” in City Press.
“MEC Lesufi rejects this with the contempt it deserves and wants to assure people, and specifically Gauteng contractors, that the GDE conducts a fair and transparent process of appointing and assigning work to contracted service providers,” reads a statement from his spokesman Steve. Mabona.
