ANC questions Winde’s undisclosed R51k reimbursement

The ANC has intensified its challenge to Premier Alan Winde’'s administration, arguing that the Department of the Premier's failure to disclose a R51000 reimbursement from the Under2 Coalition has now confirmed the need for external scrutiny.

- MURRAY SWART

In a statement issued on December 4, opposition leader Khalid Sayed, speaking on behalf of the ANC caucus, condemned what he called the department’s “dismissive and evasive conduct” during Friday's Standing Committee session on the adjustment budget.

Sayed said the department had “failed yet again to disclose the R51000 payment received from the Under2 Coalition for the Premier's trip to New York last year’, despite the reimbursement being received in April.

Sayed said the payment “does not appear in the revenue section of the adjusted estimates, nor in the legally required gifts and donations table,’ adding that the omission “raises serious concerns about transparency, compliance with Treasury regulations, and the integrity of the Department's financial reporting”