Why was the nkandla report postponed at the last minute. Secure in comfort a report of the march 2014 public protector. Police minister nkosinathi nhleko says security features installed at president jacob zumas nkandla home cost r71 million and the remaining r5 million was the. The parliamentary committee scrutinising the expenditure of r246 million to upgrade president jacob zumas home has officially adopted police minister nathi nhlekos report and findings. Musa zondi, spokesman for police minister nathi nhleko, said. In its judgment on the nkandla saga last month, the constitutional court called for zuma to reprimand the ministers involved in the nkandla issue. May 29, 2015 the report by police minister nathi nhleko on why president of south africa jacob zuma does not have to pay back the money spent on the nkandla homestead is a national joke. Sa police minister sweats over nkandla report the standard. Unless you appreciate the value of research, the concept of research, then you will understand. Now minister of police, nathi nhleko, has been implicated in another scandal involving a woman, a former kzn correctional services deputy director and the mother of his love child, who was. The minister of police as the implementing minister under the. Johannesburg the da will use the ad hoc committee considering police minister nathi nhleko s report on nkandla to reject its findings, party leader mmusi maimane said on sunday. The list of anc members who said zuma owes nothing for nkandla. Democratic alliance v speaker of the national assembly and others 2016 zacc 11 is a major judgment of the constitutional court of south africa which finds that president jacob zuma breached the south african constitution by failing to implement the recommendations in the public protectors nkandla report.
At some point an old age home burnt down and a boarding school burnt down, he told parliaments ad hoc committee on nkandla in the kwazulunatal legislature in pietermaritzburg. Police minister nathi nhleko says that the firepool amphitheatre kraal chicken run and visitors centre at the presidents nkandla home are all security features and jacob zuma is not. This was the conclusion of a 50page report released by police minister nathi nhleko which sets out a security purpose for all the features deemed luxuries by public protector thuli madonsela in her report on the project released last year, inlcuding the presidential swimming pool and animal enclosure at nkandla. Nhleko stands by his nkandla report despite concourt. Why nhleko sweated buckets over his nkandla report the mail. Chief justice mogoeng mogoeng ruled that president zuma must reprimand all the ministers who were involved in the nkandla. The secretariat can only be relevant and provide the minister with meaningful support if there is political will to empower it independently. Apr 21, 2016 police minister nathi nhlekos nkandla report, in which he introduced south africa to the term firepool, was factually correct, he told mps on thursday. Minister of police briefing mr j selfe da indicated that on 23 june 2015, he had tabled a submission on behalf of the da in which it was argued that, according to the constitution and the public protector act, the findings and remedial actions of the public protector cannot be summarily rejected. A legal challenge to overturn nhlekos decision and report. This is part of police minister nathi nhleko, nkandla report, 28 may 2015. Madonsela responds to nhlekos nkandla report corruption watch.
Today police minister nathi nhleko released his report in response to public protector thuli madonselas investigation into zumas spending of public money on his private homestead, nkandla. Pdf icon report by the minister of police to parliament on. Nhleko determination on nkandla should be set aside says da. Public protector responds to the minister of polices report on nkandla the public protector, adv. South africa nkandla a national joke guardian liberty voice. United front response to the nhleko report on nkandla numsa. May 27, 2015 police minister nkosinathi nhleko s brief to parliament regarding his nkandla report scheduled for 7pm on wednesday has been postponed at the last minute. Released amid rivulets of sweat and a video to the sounds of o sole mio at the end of may 2015.
Da mp john steenhuisen had asked for an amendment to the report and provided at least 20 changes but this was rejected by the majority of members the ad hoc committee had earlier in the month given its approval to police minister nathi nhlekos report on the nkandla homestead, despite objections from its opposition members. Nhleko stands by his nkandla report despite concourt ruling. The ministers will today answer questions after an inloco inspection of zumas kzn home last week. Police ministers nkandla report misses the key point. Police minister nhleko is cheating on his wife report. Da to challenge police ministers determination on nkandla. The da will use this opportunity to oppose the police ministers exoneration of the president from any and all accountability, and fight to have the remedial actions ordered by the public protector enforced. Da leader mmusi maimane said that police minister nathi nhleko s determination that president jacob zuma is not liable for any upgrades to. Pdf the nkandla controversy has long dominated south african politics and. Presumably, police minister nkosinathi nhleko also managed to keep a straight face when telling parliaments adhoc committee investigating nkandla as part of his ministerial report, that the r246 million of taxpayers hardearned cash already spent on.
The release of police minister nathi nhleko s nkandla report yesterday, and its conclusion that president zuma is cleared of all obligation to pay back any of the costs associated with the upgrade of his personal home, was met with dismay by corruption watch. Police minister nkosinathi nhleko and public works minister thulas nxesi released a new nkandla report justifying expenses such as a cattle kraal, chicken run, amphitheatre, swimming pool and visitors centre as crucial security measures at president jacob zumas rural homestead. Minister nhleko is a member of the executive, who serves. Nhleko was briefing members of parliaments adhoc committee on nkandla, on his report released in may on the security upgrades at zumas private residence. President jacob zuma doesnt have to pay back the money. Nhleko pretty fine with his nkandla report, sticks by it janet heard 20160423 11. Police minister releases the nkandla report youtube. Mar 30, 2016 now minister of police, nathi nhleko, has been implicated in another scandal involving a woman, a former kzn correctional services deputy director and the mother of his love child, who was. Police minister nkosinathi nheko was expected to release. May 28, 2015 police minister nkosinathi nhleko will brief parliament on his nkandla report at 1. May 28, 2015 thursday, 28 may 2015 was earmarked as dday for president jacob zuma. Released amid rivulets of sweat and a video to the sounds of o. Nhleko uturn on nkandla upgrade briefing highly suspicious.
Reports on planned nkandla upgrades complete invention. Madonsela responds to nhlekos nkandla report corruption. The release of police minister nathi nhlekos nkandla report yesterday, and its conclusion that president zuma is cleared of all obligation to pay back any of the costs associated with the upgrade of his personal home, was met with dismay by corruption watch. Police minister nathi nhleko provided a demonstration on how to use a firepool, as part of his report on the controversial r246m security upgrades to nkandla. Economic freedom fighters v speaker of the national assembly and others.
He holds a diploma in labour law from the graduate institute of management and technology. Public protector responds to the minister of polices report on nkandla. The committee, which is studying nhlekos report on the r246m spent on socalled security upgrades at nkandla, is scheduled to. Cape town president jacob zuma will know whether or not he is expected to repay a portion of the money spent on upgrades at his nkandla homestead, when police minister nkosinathi nhleko releases his longwaited nkandla report on wednesday evening. Republic of south africa, his excellency j g zuma, at nkandla in the. Police minister nhleko ruled that the president will not have to pay back any. Police, nathi nhleko, into the presidents liability for the upgrades to his private residence at nkandla. Public protector responds to minister nhleko s nkandla report subject. Nhleko is probably most famous for being the man who insisted in a report to parliament that a pool built using public money at the home of president jacob zuma in nkandla was a fire pool. What exactly was making nhleko sweat when he released his report on nkandla is open to. It highlights the current trend that allows, if not encourages, our leaders. Jun 01, 2015 a mass protest in front of parliament on the day that minister nhleko willpresent this report to the relevant committee of parliament and on the next day president zuma addresses parliament. Cape town the ad hoc committee considering police minister nathi nhlekos widelypanned report on president jacob zumas nkandla home has asked for another briefing by the minister after.
Nhleko should have spent more time galvanising the civilian secretariat for the police. Mr nkosinathi nhleko, minister of police, said that the security evaluation report of. She is of the view that minister nhleko gave the matter his best and that he applied his mind to the issues at hand. Police minister nathi nhleko s nkandla report, in which he introduced south africa to the term fire pool, was factually correct, he told mps on thursday. Public protector responds to the minister of polices. Nhleko on nkandla, how us govt unsettled fifa, cedar. Cape town new public works minister nathi nhleko has labelled a sunday times report that more money is to be spent on upgrades to president jacob zumas nkandla home a complete invention. Parly committee officially adopts nhlekos report on nkandla. The legal enforcement of the report of the public protector on the nkandla matter. On 19 march 2014, she released her socalled nkandla report, which found that some of. Police nhleko 2015 came as no surprise to many when he. She is of the view that minister nhleko gave the matter his best. Mr nkosinathi nhleko previously served as the minister of public works. Police minister nathi nhleko implicated in public prote.
The public protector, advocate thuli madonsela, notes police minister nathi nhlekos report to parliament on the security upgrades at president. May 28, 2015 police minister nathi nhleko treated the media and live television viewers to a surprise demonstration on how to use a firepool and why nkandla needs a kraal and an amphitheatre. The ad hoc committee on nkandla should set aside the determination by the minister of police nathi nhleko as president jacob zuma did not have the authority to commission the report the. Check out news24 for full wraps on the days events, following police minister nathi nhleko s second briefing on his nkandla report. President jacob zuma at nkandla long before the controversy began. Presenting his report into the nkandla saga in parliament, nhleko ruled that the president would not have to pay back any money. Police minister nathi nhleko triggered a political storm on thursday in a report that absolved president jacob zuma from repaying any money for the security upgrades to his nkandla home. Jun 04, 2015 why nhleko sweated buckets over his nkandla report. South african cartoonist jonathan shapiro discusses jacob zumas. Public protector the public protector, advocate thuli madonsela, notes police minister nathi nhleko s report to parliament on the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private residence in nkandla, kwazulunatal. Nkandla was a r250m security upgrade to president jacob zumas private residence which included a swimming pool. Police minister nkosinathi nhleko will brief parliament on his nkandla report at 1. May 28, 2015 police minister nathi nhleko is expected to give a comprehensive response to the recommendations of parliaments nkandla ad hoc committee. Because that report as it stands, besides the parliamentary ad hoc committee, has never been interrogated by anybody in this country.
This after both senior public works officials, and the minister of police, are reported to have confirmed. Police minister nathi nhleko is expected to give a comprehensive response to the recommendations of parliaments nkandla ad hoc committee. Presenting the 50page nkandla report on thursday, police minister nathi nhleko absolved the president and said the fire pool, animal enclosure. Economic freedom fighters v speaker of the national assembly. Nhleko pretty fine with his nkandla report, sticks by it. Police minister nkosinathi nhleko has determined that president jacob zuma is not liable to pay a portion of the security upgrades to his nkandla homestead. Parliament the amount commonly claimed to have been spent on president jacob zumas nkandla. His professional career includes serving as the head of the special anticorruption unit in the department of public service and administration, deputy municipal manager for the umhlathuze municipality and as regional commissioner. Police minister nathi nhleko says the only matter he is pursuing against mcbride is the socalled rendition matter. The private home of former south african president jacob zuma, situated about 24 km 15 mi. Nhleko said he had never been found guilty of anything and said his report was factually correct. No court in the country interrogated nkandla report nhleko. In june 2015, a report by south africas minister of police nkosinathi nhleko said president jacob zuma was not liable to pay for any of the. The committee, which was established to consider the minister s report regarding the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private residence in nkandla, will visit the homestead on.
Apr 25, 2017 the da finds it highly suspicious that the new minister of public works, nathi nhleko, mysteriously cancelled a press briefing scheduled for today, to explain the new upgrades and improvements planned at jacob zumas palace of corruption, nkandla. A report of the public protector found that zuma unduly benefited from these. Police minister nathi nhleko has come out in defense of his nkandla report despite the constitutional court ruling. Public protector the public protector, advocate thuli madonsela, notes police minister nathi nhlekos report to parliament on the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private residence in nkandla, kwazulunatal. The police minister s nkandla report, nkosinathi nhleko reminded journalists several times on thursd. Police minister nathi nhleko has reiterated that he stands by his nkandla report, insisting that it was not proved incorrect. At a press briefing on wednesday on the hawks investigation into the sars rogue unit, he responded to questions on his credibility following his decision that president jacob zuma did not have to pay for multimillion upgrades at his private nkandla homestead. On 28 may 2015, police minister nkosinathi nhleko, who was appointed by zuma on 25 may. Minister of public works appointed a task team of officials from the. Perhaps he was struck by prescience, aware that his report by the minister of police to parliament on security upgrades at the nkandla private residence of the president would make him a laughing stock.
Police minister nathi nhleko has revealed that r26 000 was spend on the reported use of experts on culture and architecture in the tabling of his recent report regarding the r246million upgrades at president jacob zumas nkandla home. He would not, however, be drawn on how many people had applied for the position. Thuli madonsela, notes minister of police nathi nhleko s report to parliament on the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private residence in nkandla, kwazulunatal. Durban public protector thuli madonsela has blasted a report by police minister nathi nhleko on nkandla, saying it is unnecessary, has no legal basis and is riddled with mistakes.
Nhleko was presenting his report into the nkandla saga in cape. Nkosinathi nhleko maintains his nkandla report is correct as no court had ever interrogated it. Ad hoc committee on police ministers report on nkandla. Thuli madonsela, notes minister of police nathi nhlekos report to parliament on the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private residence in nkandla, kwazulunatal. According to reports, 198 members of parliament mps voted in favour of adopting the report, while 93 mps voted against it. President not liable for nkandla security upgrades. The hottest firepool jokes burning up the internet right. Police minister nathi nhleko is expected to brief parliaments nkandla ad hoc committee at the kwazulunatal legislature in pietermaritzburg on tuesday. Minister of police and minister of public works on nkandla security. Thuli madonsela strikes back with force by stephen grootes november 20 in the court of public opinion, legal papers and affidavits with their latin and their length are.
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