29 January 2015
The Presidency has yet again hit back at comments made by Premier Helen Zille this time regarding the Anti-Corruption Task Team.
In her latest article on SA
today Premier Zille said there is effectively no more Anti-Corruption Task Team
since suspended Hawks boss Anwa Dramat.
Presidential Spokesperson Mac
Maharaj said the comments by Premier Zille that the unit has been disbanded are
not true and baseless.
Maharaj said the ACTT is fully
operational and has been strengthened under the leadership of the anti-corruption
inter-ministerial committee led by the ministry in the presidency for planning,
monitoring and evaluation Mr Jeff Radebe.
Maharaj said it is disappointing
that the Premier had decided to spread misleading information and gossip when
she could’ve easily established the facts and imparted accurate information to
the public.
“In June 2014 the
Anti-corruption IMC confirmed and concretised the role of the anti-corruption
task team as the central body mandated to give effect to Government Anti-Corruption
agenda as collectively informed by the National Development Plan the medium term
strategic frame work, the national security strategy and the countries
international obligations Maharaj added.
Meanwhile in response DA
leader Helen Zille said the presidency did nothing to refute her claim.
In a statement Zille says Mac
Maharaj must have penned his statement in response to the newsletter straight
after his effort to spin the stepping down of the SIU head Advocate Vas
Soni.
Zille’s Spokesperson
Ntomboxolo Makoba-Somdaka said while the DA leader appreciates the time taken
by spokesperson Mac Maharaj has taken to dispute DA’s newsletter on the demise
of the anti-corruption team it would have been very useful if he had actually commented
on what Premier Hellen Zille wrote.
“The Presidency calls this statement
disappointing and misleading but it does nothing to refute Helen Zille’s claim Makoba-Somdaka
added.
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