SA Politics Thread Part 11: The GNU Normal

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TheChamp said:
Asks without any sense of contradiction why a coalition that is less than a year in power hasn't fixed it, while ignoring the DA that has been in power for 8 years.

Bonus points for your dom question, you have asked a lot of those before but none come close to this one.
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Left is what DA built.

Right is what Moya did in just 1 year.

Both photos taken by my friend Koos whose family has been staying in pretoria since Pretorius built it.

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TheChamp said:
But why are you DA supporters so fixated on money, is that what politics is all about to you?
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Personally if I was to switch parties, I would at the very least ensure a similar salary. Just seems like a silly move financially but I guess there could be other motivations. Perhaps Gayton's largesse is making up the difference.
 
"Dark clouds gather over Paulus". He done farked up now...

  • Deputy President Paul Mashatile has declared ownership of a palatial R28.9-million home in the affluent Cape Town suburb of Constantia.
  • The house is, on paper, owned by a company belonging to his son-in-law, Nceba Nonkwelo.
  • The origin of the funds used to buy the house is under investigation by the Hawks, News24 previously reported.
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has declared a R28.9-million mansion in the exclusive Cape Town suburb of Constantia as his own - despite it being owned by his son-in-law’s company.

The declaration, made to Parliament as part of the annual declaration of interest published on Friday, comes after two years of denials and obfuscations about the use and ownership of the property.

The house, which boasts 7.5 bathrooms, a cottage, a wine cellar, and a cinema, was not declared by Mashatile last year, despite being purchased within the time frame of the previous declaration period.

It appeared for the first time on this year’s publicly available version of his declaration.


News24 first reported in January 2024 that a company belonging to Mashatile’s son-in-law, Nceba Nonkwelo, purchased the luxury property in May 2023 and that the house would be available for Mashatile’s use.

READ | MASHATILE UNMASKED: Deputy president’s son-in-law snaps up R28m Constantia palace – but owes Gauteng R7m

At the time, Mashatile’s then-spokesperson, Vukani Mde, said Mashatile used Highstead, the official residence of the deputy president inside the Groote Schuur Estate in Rondebosch, when he visited the city.

He did not use any other residence, Mde said at the time, adding: “This will not change.”


In October 2024, Mashatile’s office issued a statement responding to posts on social media in which his political advisor, Keith Khoza, said:

Deputy President Mashatile owns no properties in Cape Town or anywhere else, other than the house he and his late wife bought through a bank loan in the Johannesburg suburb of Kelvin.

Khoza said on Monday that he would have to check why the Constantia house was declared as Mashatile’s and would get back to News24. He had not done so at the time of publication.

Mashatile declared the home in Kelvin, which, according to property records, he still owns. He also declared a R37-million house in an exclusive Waterfall, Midrand, estate.

He had previously declared the house in Waterfall despite not owning it.

Mde told News24 at the time the reason he had declared it was because he had “beneficial use” of the property.

It is unclear if he also enjoys the use of the Constantia house, but he declared it as a “residential family home” alongside the Waterfall house that he is known to occupy.

Nonkwelo, who has been married to Mashatile’s daughter, Palesa, since at least 2006, told News24 on Monday that he did not wish to comment as he had yet to see the published declaration himself when asked if he had given the house to his father-in-law.

He said all information about the ownership of the property was publicly available.

Deeds office records show that since May 2023, a company named Bilcosat that was later renamed Duntaw Guest House has been the registered owner of the property. Nonkwelo is the sole director of the property.

A bond was registered for the property in the name of Enziguard - a shelf company of which Nonkwelo is also the sole director.

The purchase of the Constantia house by Nonkwelo means that between March and May 2023, Nonkwelo funded the purchase of R65.9 million in properties that were available to Mashatile.


The Waterfall house, News24 understands, is now his permanent home that he shares with his wife, Humile.


The purchase of the Waterfall house was made in a similar fashion to the Constantia house.

A company named Legacy Properties purchased the house, but Nonkwelo Investments - Nonkwelo’s main business entity - appears to have funded the costs.

ALSO READ | Who paid R28.9m for ‘Mashatile’ Cape Town home? A Hawks probe is following the money

A bond was registered in the name of Nonkwelo Investments for the full purchase price.

News24 reported in March 2024 that the Public Sector Serious Corruption Unit of the Hawks in the Western Cape was investigating the source of funds used by Nonkwelo to buy the Constantia property.

Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Thandi Mbambo confirmed the investigation at the time.

She said:

We can confirm that an enquiry into corruption-related allegations made by the DA, inclusive of the purchase of a multimillion-rand house in Cape Town, has been registered for further investigation.

The DA’s reports to the police, including complaints to the Public Protector, were based on a series of investigative reports by News24, titled Mashatile Unmasked.

In addition to the purchase of property, the complaints also included requests to investigate:
  • Roughly R370 000 in payments Mashatile received from corruption-accused tenderpreneur Edwin Sodi, whose Clifton home was also used by Mashatile before he became deputy president.
  • The purchase of the Waterfall house.
  • Money paid to Mashatile’s former girlfriend, Gugu Nkosi, by a director of Valumax, Teddy Greaver. Valumax has won multiple government housing contracts worth hundreds of millions of rands and has donated extensively to the ANC, particularly while Mashatile was treasurer-general.
The outcomes of the Public Protector investigations, which would also have been based on complaints from ActionSA and Rise Mzansi, have yet to be announced.

Other than the nearly R70 million in properties declared by Mashatile, his declarations reveal a series of gifts, among them a toy Isuzu truck and a bottle of whisky from Japan, gifts from China, including wine, and a set of teacups and daggers from the Russian prime minister.
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Priapus said:
Wait. So, Friday morning these tariffs go into effect; and the government have been very quite about it?

What is even happening
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They have been relying on the black victim card for so long they dont know how to do anything else.
It is a joke that they get an extension denied. Means that they have not actually been doing any negotiating as the DA alleges.
The black victim guard has expired after 30+ years
Same as thechamp and when he tries to argue that ANC is better than the DA , but the ANC has deliberately let the country deteriorate into a 5th world country through its promotion of corruption. All it had to do was MAINTAIN what it was given. Instead the majority of teh countries finances just went to lining a few black pockets
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Let's see if they harbor any bitter hatred towards the ANC and EFF after this, like they do with the DA. Given that they're still desperate to get into the GNU...
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It's just wisful thinking from the DA poster, nothing is going to happen to the Tshwane coalition.
 
Major Boredom said:
They have been relying on the black victim card for so long they dont know how to do anything else.
It is a joke that they get an extension denied. Means that they have not actually been doing any negotiating as the DA alleges.
The black victim guard has expired after 30+ years
Same as thechamp and when he tries to argue that ANC is better than the DA , but the ANC has deliberately let the country deteriorate into a 5th world country through its promotion of corruption. All it had to do was MAINTAIN what it was given. Instead the majority of teh countries finances just went to lining a few black pockets
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I think Cyril is Cyril shocked the extension was denied. But remember @TheChamp welcomes these tarrifs. We don’t be bullied and all that.
 
R13... said:
This son in law seems to be the bag man through which funds are funneled. Isnt the the one who got the "loans" and "owns" the Waterfall home?
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Same. What's interesting here is that he declared this property as his own, but didn't declare it last year, after the "son-in-law" already bought it. He can't outrun all this attention forever. I suspect the arrest will come conveniently before the ANC 2027 conference...
 
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