'He acted decisively': Ndlozi supports Ramaphosa's decision amid criticism
The EFF said Ramaphosa should've fired Mchunu instead of placing him on special leave.
'This so-called 'special leave' is a cowardly deflection, designed to shield a corrupt minister whose involvement in organised crime has been laid bare by Mkhwanazi,' EFF spokesperson Sinawo Thambo said.
Build One SA leader Mmusi Maimane said the move was not enough.
'We have had enough commissions of inquiry. I believe Mchunu should have been fired and the other ministers who have lied to parliament. This was a missed opportunity,' he said.
The DA said it would not allow another commission of inquiry that would take years to yield results.
'These allegations provided the president with an opportunity to show bold and firm leadership,' DA leader John Steenhuisen said. 'Instead, he has again outsourced executive responsibility to a commission and South Africans have grown cynical of talk shops, task teams and commissions which they see as buying time and avoiding accountability.
'The country cannot afford another elaborate filing cabinet of findings that gathers dust while the politically connected escape justice.'
Social media users have also expressed disapproval of Ramaphosa's decisions. Here are more reactions from X:
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Herald
an hour ago
- The Herald
What do you think of Zondo's outburst about his ‘pain' swearing in ministers ‘linked' to state capture?
Former chief justice Raymond Zondo's recent scathing rebuke of President Cyril Ramaphosa has sparked a debate. Speaking to the Sunday Times, Zondo said it pained him to swear in ministers who had serious state capture allegations against them. 'It was like the president was saying, 'I don't care what you have found about the people. I think they are good enough to be promoted',' Zondo said. 'The recommendations made in the state capture report were based on evidence that was led transparently when the entire nation was watching. We are defending the report because we believe it is sound. But I had to swear them in, remembering what I found against them.' The four-year inquiry has yielded few results, and some ANC top brass have contested it in court. Several ANC ministers have been embroiled in corruption allegations, including human settlements minister Thembi Simelane, police minister Senzo Mchunu who was recently placed on special leave, and Nobuhle Nkabane, who was dismissed as higher education minister. Zondo said Ramaphosa had been 'inconsistent' in disciplining cabinet ministers implicated in wrongdoing. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya dismissed Zondo's concerns, saying he has had access to the president whenever there were matters of concern to be discussed.
The Herald
an hour ago
- The Herald
US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee programme for South Africans
The internal back-and-forth between the embassy and the state department, which hasn't been previously reported, illustrates the confusion about how to implement a policy designed to help white Afrikaners in a racially diverse country that includes mixed-race people who speak Afrikaans and whites who speak English. To date the state department has resettled 88 South Africans under the programme, including the initial group of 59 who arrived in May. Another 15 are expected to arrive by the end of August, one source said. Trump, a Republican who recaptured the White House pledging a wide-ranging immigration crackdown, placed an indefinite freeze on refugee admissions from around the world after taking office, saying the US would only admit refugees who 'can fully and appropriately assimilate'. Weeks later he issued an executive order that called for the US to resettle Afrikaners, describing them as victims of 'violence against racially disfavoured landowners', allegations that echoed far-right claims which have been contested by government. Since the executive order, US diplomats working to implement the programme have been deliberating internally about which racial groups could be considered eligible, one source said. In the July 8 cable, Greene laid out a summary of the different ethnic and racial groups in the country before seeking guidance on eligibility. In addition to Afrikaners and mixed-race South Africans, Greene mentioned indigenous South Africans known as the Khoisan people. He said members of the Jewish community had also expressed interest, but in South Africa they are considered a religious minority and not a racial group. 'In the absence of other guidance, [the US embassy] intends to give consideration to well-founded claims of persecution based on race for other racial minorities,' Greene wrote. At least one family identified as coloured has travelled to the US as refugees, two people familiar with the matter said. The cable forced the administration to clarify its position on whether the policy is for whites only, and if it does include other aggrieved minorities, who would qualify, two people familiar with the matter said. Chretien, a conservative who wrote op-eds promoting the Heritage Foundation's 'Project 2025" plan to overhaul the federal government, is the senior official at the state department's bureau of population, refugees, and migration.
The Herald
an hour ago
- The Herald
12 pupils injured after 'drunk' scholar transport driver crashes in Randburg
Twelve schoolchildren were injured when a Toyota Quantum scholar transport minibus crashed in Montgomery Park, Randburg, on Monday morning after the driver allegedly lost control while overtaking another vehicle. According to Johannesburg metro police spokesperson Supt Xolani Fihla, the scholar transport diver was driving while under the influence of alcohol. 'He has been arrested and will be detained at Sophiatown SAPS. He faces charges of reckless and negligent driving and driving under the influence of alcohol,' said Fihla No further details such as the condition of the injured pupils have yet been released. TimesLIVE
