THE DA has called on the Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane to immediately tender his resignation in light of the damning Public Protector’s report that has found that he renovated his private residence with portions of the R3.3-million that the province had set aside to commemorate the life of late struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
This was after the public protector on Friday made damning findings against him for irregularly benefiting from a tender that was meant for the memorial service of late Madikizela-Mandela.
On Sunday, Mabuyane said he had instructed his lawyers to urgently take Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report on legal review.
The DA called for the premier and ANC provincial treasurer Babalo Madikizela – who’s also implicated in the public protector’s report – to both step down.
“It is galling that the Premier and his executive can walk around and preach about tackling corruption, good governance and consequence
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