Some of the vehicles seized by the Special Investigating Unit last year from the Sandton mansion of alleged Tembisa Hospital looting kingpin Hangwani Maumela. PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday addressed the nation, reinforcing his commitment to accountability and transparency in the wake of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. With allegations of wrongdoing by various individuals surfacing, the President assured citizens that no one implicated in these activities would escape scrutiny.
“I can give an assurance that no one who is either implicated or will be implicated will be shielded, and when the commission does its recommendations, we will act accordingly on those recommendations,” Ramaphosa said. He was responding to a follow-up question during the question-answer session in the National Assembly from MK Party MP Des van Rooyen, who enquired whether his decision not to make public the commission’s interim report was intended to protect politically connected individuals. Van Rooyen said South Africans will naturally worry that powerful individuals like his relative, Hangwani Maumela, may be shielded from scrutiny.
In his response, Ramaphosa said he has already gone public to describe the relationship between himself and Maumela. “I do not wish to get into that, because continuous peddling of that information, which is actually misinformation, is completely incorrect.” However, he said the government will make sure that when the final report was issued, the South African public will be able to see what the commission said and what action is to be embarked upon. “So, no one, no big name or small name or whoever, however they are connected, will be shielded.
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We can assure you of that,” said Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the final report of the Madlanga Commission will be made public and that no one will be shielded from scrutiny
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