ANC MPs looked on as opposition parliamentarians on Tuesday savaged Police Minister Nathi Nhleko over his bizarre explanation for the expenditure of more than R246-million on President Jacob Zuma’s palatial private home.
Only Mathole Motshekga‚ chairman of the justice portfolio committee‚ tried to shield the minister‚ whom one MP labelled “James Hadley Chase“‚ the writer of crime fiction.
At a meeting in Pietermaritzburg of the ad-hoc parliamentary committee that is to inspect Nkandla this morning‚ Nhleko was accused of protecting and shielding Zuma — and of doing a bad job of it.
Nhleko found in May that Zuma was not liable for any costs for “non-security” features at his Nkandla homestead. He said the firepool‚ amphitheatre‚ kraal‚ chicken run and visitors’ centre there were all security features.
Nhleko not only insisted they were security features but that more money needed to be spent upgrading and repairing them.
On Tuesday‚ FF+ MP Corné Mulder was the first to fire at Nhleko‚ saying: “You were appointed by the president . and your appointment depends on Zuma‚” while IFP MP Narend Singh said: “He who pays the piper calls the tune.”
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ANC MPs looked on as opposition parliamentarians on Tuesday savaged Police Minister Nathi Nhleko over his bizarre explanation for the expenditure of more than R246-million on President Jacob Zuma’s palatial private home.
Only Mathole Motshekga‚ chairman of the justice portfolio committee‚ tried to shield the minister‚ whom one MP labelled “James Hadley Chase“‚ the writer of crime fiction.
At a meeting in Pietermaritzburg of the ad-hoc parliamentary committee that is to inspect Nkandla this morning‚ Nhleko was accused of protecting and shielding Zuma — and of doing a bad job of it.
Nhleko found in May that Zuma was not liable for any costs for “non-security” features at his Nkandla homestead. He said the firepool‚ amphitheatre‚ kraal‚ chicken run and visitors’ centre there were all security features.
Nhleko not only insisted they were security features but that more money needed to be spent upgrading and repairing them.
On Tuesday‚ FF+ MP Corné Mulder was the first to fire at Nhleko‚ saying: “You were appointed by the president . and your appointment depends on Zuma‚” while IFP MP Narend Singh said: “He who pays the piper calls the tune.”
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