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Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma coaxed government departments into committing nearly R900m to a programme run by an NGO he chairs and which is run by his cousin, City Press reported on Sunday.
The Masibambisane Rural Development Initiative is a private NGO chaired by Zuma and run by Deebo Mzobe.
A multimillion-rand state food security programme, set to be approved by Cabinet later this month, has in effect been subcontracted to Masibambisane, which will co-ordinate the campaign on behalf of government.
Asked why government needed a middleman like Masibambisane to run the food-security initiative, Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson, a staunch proponent of Masibambisane, said the NGO’s purpose was to “network” and bring partners into the initiative.
She added that no government money would flow to Masibambisane.
- City Press
Too many of us are keyboard activists, hence this kind of thing continues. That's why I admire people like EFF for actually going out there and agitating for change.
Except that eff are only agitating to be the ones getting the money since they have been sidelined.Too many of us are keyboard activists, hence this kind of thing continues. That's why I admire people like EFF for actually going out there and agitating for change.
Too many of us are keyboard activists, hence this kind of thing continues. That's why I admire people like EFF for actually going out there and agitating for change.
"She added that no government money would flow to Masibambisane"
How I wish we had some sort of successful "spring", even though I'm still a student and don't pay taxes yet the thought of my future hard earned cash going to idiots like Zuma and members of the ANC makes my blood boil, enough to just immigrate the second I'm qualified, I refuse to fund this sort of corruption![]()
Too many of us are keyboard activists, hence this kind of thing continues. That's why I admire people like EFF for actually going out there and agitating for change.
Asked why government needed a middleman like Masibambisane to run the food-security initiative, Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson, a staunch proponent of Masibambisane, said the NGO’s purpose was to “network” and bring partners into the initiative.