DA consults lawyers on government designation of anti-corruption oversight as 'non-essential'
8 May 2020
Please click here for a soundbite by Dr Leon Schreiber MP, DA Shadow Minister of Public Service and Administration.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is outraged to learn that President Cyril Ramaphosa does not regard anti-corruption work and constitutionally-mandated oversight over the public service as an essential service.
During a meeting of the portfolio committee on public service and administration yesterday afternoon, the Director-General of the Public Service Commission (PSC) revealed that Ramaphosa’s National Command Council (NCC) has classified all aspects of the PSC’s work, including its anti-corruption hotline, as “non-essential.”
This means that the ANC-led national government has effectively suspended all forms of oversight over the entire public service.