Ramaphosa remains silent while rumours circulate of constitutionally unfit Dlamini’s appointment as an Ambassador
17 September 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes with concern that President Cyril Ramaphosa has remained silent on former failed Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini’s rumoured appointment as an ambassador after the DA wrote to him on Friday last week to request clarity.
This letter followed a recent Parliamentary Question and Answer session to the Security and Justice Cluster held on 4 September 2019, in which the DA posed a question to Hon Naledi Pandor, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation:
“Government seems to insinuate that ambassador positions are given or handed to guilty or faulty officials in the patronage system. Can the Minister confirm that Bathabile Dlamini is being considered by the President as an ambassador and which other ex-Minister’s applications are being considered? Thank you.”
Pandor answered that the President, Cyril Ramaphosa, would announce a new ambassador at an appropriate time, as she did not appoint ambassadors. Pandor further stated: