On Now
Weekdays 15:00 - 18:00
The Joyride Nico, Nikki, Kayla and JayBee
NEXT: 18:00 - 19:00 OFM Business Hour with Olebogeng
Listen Live Streams

Central SA

DA in Free State Legislature vows to enforce accountability

───   KATLEHO MORAPELA 15:41 Tue, 21 May 2019

DA in Free State Legislature vows to enforce accountability    | News Article
Roy Jankielsohn/OFM News

Investigations into the controversial Vrede Dairy Farm project, the Ramkraal project and other Free State projects with unaccounted millions are among some the pressing issues that the DA in the Free State legislature will continue paying attention


This, as the provincial legislature will tomorrow hold its first sitting to elect the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, Chief Whip, and the Premier for the 6th administration. With, the party having won itself six seats in the provincial legislature, and remaining the official oppositions in the province, they vow to prioritise the needs of the masses and enforce accountability. 

The party’s leader in the legislature, Roy Jankielsohn, said the DA Caucus will ensure that investigations by committees of the 5th legislature continue to be interrogated. These includes the much publicised asbestos and Vogelfontein RDP Housing Development scandal in Bethlehem, where the former premier and now ANC Secretary-General, Ace Magashule, is alleged to be involved.

The DA has in the past year laid corruption charges against Magashule following allegations that he meddled in a housing project tender to ensure that a company allegedly linked to his daughter secured a lucrative contract worth R150 million. 

Following the Pretoria high court ruling yesterday (Monday) that Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report on the Vrede dairy farm project was unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid, the party maintains that the Gupta-linked Estina contract was signed in Magashule’s office and that investigations into such cases must be fast-tracked.


OFM News

@ 2024 OFM - All rights reserved Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | We Use Cookies - OFM is a division of Central Media Group (PTY) LTD.