Deputy Minister’s redundancy admission fuels calls to abolish position

ACTIONSA's proposed constitutional amendment to abolish the position of deputy ministers was once again validated by the shocking testimony delivered before Parliament's Ad Hoc Committee this week by one of the two deputy ministers of police, Cassel Mathale MP.

- ATHOL TROLLIP

During his appearance, the deputy minister of police confessed that for the past year, he has not been assigned any responsibilities and that he and his colleague are still waiting to hear from the minister what they should do.

This is not only an admission of redundancy but also a damning reflection of how bloated and wasteful our executive has become under the GNU, where all parties appear more interested in appeasing political interests than serving South Africans, who must hold them accountable for this wastage.