DA Leader will not participate in New Age Business Briefing
Following reports by the City Press yesterday regarding the New Age Business Breakfasts, I have decided to withdraw my participation in the Breakfast scheduled for 31 January 2013.
I have this morning written to the Editor of the New Age, Moegsien Williams, to inform him of my decision and to set out the reasons for it.
Yesterday's report, based on a parliamentary reply to a DA question, revealed that the New Age Business Breakfasts are sponsored by State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), using public money. This sponsorship includes:
- Transnet paying R17.5 million for 18 breakfasts
- Eskom paying R7.2 million for 6 breakfasts.
It was also revealed that the SABC does not charge the New Age for broadcasting these events.