Released amid rivulets of sweat and a video to the sounds of o sole mio at the end of may 2015. Why nhleko sweated buckets over his nkandla report the mail. Police minister nathi nhleko s nkandla report, in which he introduced south africa to the term firepool, was factually correct, he told mps on thursday. The legal enforcement of the report of the public protector on the nkandla matter. Police minister nkosinathi nhleko will brief parliament on his nkandla report at 1. Presenting the 50page nkandla report on thursday, police minister nathi nhleko absolved the president and said the fire pool, animal enclosure. Minister of police and minister of public works on nkandla security. The secretariat can only be relevant and provide the minister with meaningful support if there is political will to empower it independently. 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. The police ministers nkandla report, nkosinathi nhleko reminded journalists several times on thursd. 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. 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 on nkandla, how us govt unsettled fifa, cedar. May 28, 2015 police minister nathi nhleko is expected to give a comprehensive response to the recommendations of parliaments nkandla ad hoc committee. Thuli madonsela, notes minister of police nathi nhlekos report to parliament on the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private residence in nkandla, kwazulunatal. Police minister nathi nhleko is expected to brief parliaments nkandla ad hoc committee at the kwazulunatal legislature in pietermaritzburg on tuesday. She is of the view that minister nhleko gave the matter his best. Nkandla was a r250m security upgrade to president jacob zumas private residence which included a swimming pool. 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. 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. Public protector responds to minister nhleko s nkandla report subject.
Presenting his report into the nkandla saga in parliament, nhleko ruled that the president would not have to pay back any money. President jacob zuma doesnt have to pay back the money. Ad hoc committee on police ministers report on nkandla. 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. No court in the country interrogated nkandla report nhleko. 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. Public protector responds to the minister of polices report on nkandla. 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.
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. Republic of south africa, his excellency j g zuma, at nkandla in the. 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. This after both senior public works officials, and the minister of police, are reported to have confirmed.
Da leader mmusi maimane said that police minister nathi nhleko s determination that president jacob zuma is not liable for any upgrades to. Economic freedom fighters v speaker of the national assembly and others. 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. South african cartoonist jonathan shapiro discusses jacob zumas. 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. Police nhleko 2015 came as no surprise to many when he. Madonsela responds to nhlekos nkandla report corruption. 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. Parly committee officially adopts nhlekos report on nkandla. Police minister nathi nhleko has come out in defense of his nkandla report despite the constitutional court ruling. He would not, however, be drawn on how many people had applied for the position. Mr nkosinathi nhleko previously served as the minister of public works. Musa zondi, spokesman for police minister nathi nhleko, said. Police minister nathi nhleko is expected to give a comprehensive response to the recommendations of parliaments nkandla ad hoc committee.
Sa police minister sweats over nkandla report the standard. 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. Because that report as it stands, besides the parliamentary ad hoc committee, has never been interrogated by anybody in this country. Nhleko was presenting his report into the nkandla saga in cape. 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. 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. The hottest firepool jokes burning up the internet right. Police minister releases the nkandla report youtube. Nhleko uturn on nkandla upgrade briefing highly suspicious. Police minister nathi nhleko implicated in public prote. Police minister nathi nhlekos report on controversial security upgrades to president jacob zumas nkandla home concluded that all features served a security purpose and that the.
Nhleko was briefing members of parliaments adhoc committee on nkandla, on his report released in may on the security upgrades at zumas private residence. Nkosinathi nhleko maintains his nkandla report is correct as no court had ever interrogated it. 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. A legal challenge to overturn nhlekos decision and report. On 28 may 2015, police minister nkosinathi nhleko, who was appointed by zuma on 25 may 2014, released his report on nkandla which found that the swimming pool, cattle kraal, chicken run, visitors centre and amphitheatre were needed security features and concluded that zuma does not owe the south african taxpayers anything. Police minister nkosinathi nhleko says security features installed at president jacob zumas nkandla home cost r71 million and the remaining r5 million was the. Unless you appreciate the value of research, the concept of research, then you will understand.
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. A report of the public protector found that zuma unduly benefited from these. 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. 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. Parliament the amount commonly claimed to have been spent on president jacob zumas nkandla. 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. 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.
May 28, 2015 thursday, 28 may 2015 was earmarked as dday for president jacob zuma. Mr nkosinathi nhleko, minister of police, said that the security evaluation report of. 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. Letter from president zuma to advocate madonsela pdf. Minister of public works appointed a task team of officials from the. Police ministers nkandla report misses the key point. President not liable for nkandla security upgrades. 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.
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. 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. Why was the nkandla report postponed at the last minute. Nhleko stands by his nkandla report despite concourt ruling.
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. 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. Police minister nhleko is cheating on his wife report. The private home of former south african president jacob zuma, situated about 24 km 15 mi. Police minister nathi nhleko says the only matter he is pursuing against mcbride is the socalled rendition matter.
The ministers will today answer questions after an inloco inspection of zumas kzn home last week. Pdf icon report by the minister of police to parliament on. South africa nkandla a national joke guardian liberty voice. 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.
Minister nhleko is a member of the executive, who serves. 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. 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. 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. 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. This is part of police minister nathi nhleko, nkandla report, 28 may 2015. Public protector responds to the minister of polices. It highlights the current trend that allows, if not encourages, our leaders. 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. President jacob zuma at nkandla long before the controversy began. What exactly was making nhleko sweat when he released his report on nkandla is open to. Economic freedom fighters v speaker of the national assembly.
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. 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. Jun 04, 2015 why nhleko sweated buckets over his nkandla report. 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. According to reports, 198 members of parliament mps voted in favour of adopting the report, while 93 mps voted against it. The committee, which is studying nhlekos report on the r246m spent on socalled security upgrades at nkandla, is scheduled to. Police minister nathi nhleko has reiterated that he stands by his nkandla report, insisting that it was not proved incorrect. She is of the view that minister nhleko gave the matter his best and that he applied his mind to the issues at hand.
Nhleko said he had never been found guilty of anything and said his report was factually correct. The police minister s nkandla report, nkosinathi nhleko reminded journalists several times on thursd. The list of anc members who said zuma owes nothing for nkandla. Police, nathi nhleko, into the presidents liability for the upgrades to his private residence at nkandla. Nhleko should have spent more time galvanising the civilian secretariat for the police. The minister of police as the implementing minister under the. 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. 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. Nhleko stands by his nkandla report despite concourt. On 28 may 2015, police minister nkosinathi nhleko, who was appointed by zuma on 25 may. Secure in comfort a report of the march 2014 public protector. 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. He holds a diploma in labour law from the graduate institute of management and technology.
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. Police minister nkosinathi nheko was expected to release. Da to challenge police ministers determination on nkandla. The public protector, advocate thuli madonsela, notes police minister nathi nhlekos report to parliament on the security upgrades at president. Nhleko pretty fine with his nkandla report, sticks by it. Released amid rivulets of sweat and a video to the sounds of o.
On 19 march 2014, she released her socalled nkandla report, which found that some of. Reports on planned nkandla upgrades complete invention. United front response to the nhleko report on nkandla numsa. Pdf the nkandla controversy has long dominated south african politics and. 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. Check out news24 for full wraps on the days events, following police minister nathi nhleko s second briefing on his nkandla report. Chief justice mogoeng mogoeng ruled that president zuma must reprimand all the ministers who were involved in the nkandla. Madonsela responds to nhlekos nkandla report corruption watch. 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. Nhleko pretty fine with his nkandla report, sticks by it janet heard 20160423 11. Police minister nhleko ruled that the president will not have to pay back any. May 28, 2015 police minister nkosinathi nhleko will brief parliament on his nkandla report at 1.
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