DA writes to Speaker Thandi Modise to free the Public Service Commission from ANC hostage-takers
19 August 2020
Note to Editors: Kindly find attached an English soundbite by Dr Leon Schreiber MP.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) can today reveal that South Africa’s premier anti-corruption watchdog, the Public Service Commission (PSC), is being held hostage by infighting in the African National Congress (ANC) over the deployment of corrupt cadres.
In addition to currently being embroiled in a corruption scandal engineered by ANC cadre Dovhani Mamphiswana, the PSC – which is supposed to oversee all aspects of ethical and good governance in the public service – has been operating with one hand tied behind its back for the past 16 months as different factions in the ANC battle to gain access to the feeding trough.
To execute on its mandate of ensuring ethical governance, the Constitution requires the PSC to have five national commissioners who are appointed by the President upon recommendation of the National Assembly.