Johnathan Paoli
Former Minister and current Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, has struck back at the Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen for his allegations of corruption regarding a R500 million allocated for an animal vaccination facility.
Didiza announced on Monday that she had written to Steenhuisen and clarified that during her tenure, the matter was dealt with both by the board of state-owned Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) as well as the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
She said details of this matter could be found in the annual reports of the state-owned entity, including the audit report, and that following a forensic report on the utilisation of some of the allocation enabled the OBP to take some of the concerns of sub-contracting to the Special Investigative Unit (SIU).
Didiza urged the Minister to be circumspect over matters he raises with the media, and said such
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