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Public Protector Thuli Madonsela. Photo: Sizwe Ndingane
The Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa has asked the Public Protector to probe any possible irregular expenditure of public money in the “brown envelope” scandal.
Since late 2005, it has been alleged that Cape Town journalists were paid to write biased stories in favour of former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool.
The director at the institute, Paul Hoffman, wrote to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on Thursday urging her to investigate the matter involving two former Cape Argus journalists, Ashley Smith and Joseph Aranes.
Western Cape High Court Judge Bennie Griesel made public the ANC commission’s interim report into the saga last week after Independent Newspapers and the Cape Argus won access to the report in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
“If it is true that public money was spent advancing the agenda of a faction within a political party, then an investigation, report and appropriate recommendations regarding such misfeasance and malfeasance as may emerge are indicated. If everything was above board, this is best established via an independent investigation in the interests of the entities and individuals involved,” Hoffman said in his letter to Madonsela.
The spokewoman for the Public Protector, Kgalelo Masibi said the complaint would have to be assessed.
The Public Protector had not yet received the complaint, Masibi said. - Cape Times
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badballie, wrote
@ ORIGIN: I don't think there will be a SA for the Grade 1s to grow up in, just another African Dust bowl with no future
origin, wrote
The B.E.S. (brown envelope syndrom) has found its place in S.A. from traffic officers, police, govt officials to HR managers....it has become a norm, I wonder what the current grade 1s are going to be living like in S.A. when they are adults.
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