To hell with the media - Phosa

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http://www.news24.com/Content/South...-02-2010-08-33/To_hell_with_the_media_-_Phosa

Cape Town - "To hell with the media!"

This was the reaction of Mathews Phosa, the ANC's treasurer-general, on Thursday to questions about an expected cash injection for the party as a result of higher electricity tariffs.

He dismissed questions about Chancellor House - the ANC's investment company which has a 25% share in a company which is helping to build two power stations for Eskom - as "spiteful" and "unfair".

This follows a comment earlier on Thursday by Dipuo Peters, minister of energy, that the government doesn't have a policy regarding political parties doing business with the government.

In addition, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday that there is no problem with Julius Malema, ANC youth league leader, doing business with government.

Laughing all the way to the bank

Chancellor House owns 25% of Hitachi Power Africa, which has been contracted by Eskom to manufacture boilers for the Medupi and Kusile power stations.

"These are enormous construction projects. Medupi alone will cost more than R120bn, while Kusile will be even more expensive. Even a small share in these projects will have you laughing all the way to the bank, said Andrew Kenny, an independent energy consultant.

The higher electricity tariffs will be used to finance these and other Eskom construction projects, and Phosa did not want to elaborate about the appropriateness of the ANC's apparent financial gain from this.

He stuck to the party's stance on Chancellor House, namely that it functions in accordance with the Companies Act.

"Why aren't their investigations into the DA's underground activities instead? We know they also have plans," said Phosa.

Manie van Dyk, DA MP and spokesperson for energy, says he will ask Zuma directly about Chancellor House's interest in the Eskom construction projects when the president answers verbal questions in Parliament on March 18.

According to him, it is clear that ANC representatives in the government, Nersa and Chancellor House all played their roll to ensure a "fat bonus" for the party.

Conflict of interest

This is also the impression among consumers, said Paul Crankshaw of the National Consumer Forum.

"It appears as if the party is riding on the back of taxpayers. There are many unanswered questions about the tender which was awarded to Hitachi and whether or not there is a serious conflict of interest.

"It's surprising that the ANC can't gauge the national sentiment and make an effort to ensure that it doesn't look like they're acting improperly," said Crankshaw.

At an earlier appearance before the parliamentary portfolio committee on public enterprises, Eskom and the Department of Public Enterprises denied that there were any irregularities with awarding the tender to Hitachi.

Former minister, Alec Erwin, said at the time that, due to the scope of the construction project, the tender process was submitted to a strict auditing process
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Thats nice.
 
Hey It's news 24... are they not the SABC and in return the ANC?:D:o

Soz . Please delete thread.
 
Mila said:
Hey It's news 24... are they not the SABC and in return the ANC?:D:o

Soz . Please delete thread.
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News24 is part of Media24 which is an independent publisher. Unless you honestly believe SABC publishes Heat? :p
 
"Why aren't their investigations into the DA's underground activities instead? We know they also have plans," said Phosa.
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Er... you're the government, isn't that your job? Please feel free to go ahead though, I doubt you'll come up with much :/
 
hmmm... if there was no issue, then he wouldnt be so defensive about it

another fat cat with a fat wallet... and probably a fat a$$ :)
 
they are consistently raping this country at every possible opportunity...
 
akescpt said:
they are consistently raping this country at every possible opportunity...
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our democracy is young...it will still take time for systems to take place to slow down the rot
then again, show me a nation that is not corrupt?
 
jimmyj said:
...whether as an individual or a collective entity (ANC)?
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Something else to comfort you about ‘collectives’. Many of the command structures of the Khmer Rouge are the same as SA. There is no accountability.

When the Khmer Rouge nightmare was over, attempts were made to prosecute the worst butchers. This was difficult. Accountability eventually disappeared into the hazy mists of the ‘collective’. You cannot prosecute a ‘collective’. I doubt whether successful prosecutions exceeded double figures. And the Khmer Rouge killed millions. Does this accountability trail sound familiar? SA and the Khmer Rouge are both left leaning. Unless someone can be prosecuted as a criminal and an individual, accountability becomes a casualty.

A little ray of sunshine to brighten your day.
 
Palimino said:
Something else to comfort you about ‘collectives’. Many of the command structures of the Khmer Rouge are the same as SA. There is no accountability.

When the Khmer Rouge nightmare was over, attempts were made to prosecute the worst butchers. This was difficult. Accountability eventually disappeared into the hazy mists of the ‘collective’. You cannot prosecute a ‘collective’. I doubt whether successful prosecutions exceeded double figures. And the Khmer Rouge killed millions. Does this accountability trail sound familiar? SA and the Khmer Rouge are both left leaning. Unless someone can be prosecuted as a criminal and an individual, accountability becomes a casualty.

A little ray of sunshine to brighten your day.
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in terms of prosecuting collectives, we learned that lesson all too well after apartheid...but capitalism allows for such loopholes of corruption,
if it was not the anc, it would be the da or cope or any1 else

:-)
 
jimmyj said:
in terms of prosecuting collectives, we learned that lesson all too well after apartheid...but capitalism allows for such loopholes of corruption,
if it was not the anc, it would be the da or cope or any1 else

:-)
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I don’t follow. Capitalism allows for accountability. So does the DA (it’s not structured along ‘collective’ lines). COPE or anyone else must be chock-full of ‘comrades’ so would subscribe to the no-accountability (collective) concept.
 
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