DA welcomes SIU civil suit against Makhanya and Department of Public Works
12 August 2014
The DA learned this morning and welcomes, with caution, the Special Investigating Units's (SIU) civil suit against the Department of Public Works and the architect of President Jacob Zuma's private residence at Nkandla, Minenhle Makhanya.
This comes as the SIU announced that it is seized with completing its report and is presumably an attempt to retrieve any funds that were misappropriated in bank-rolling the ‘security upgrades' at Nkandla.
Although the DA welcomes this civil action by the SIU, we contend that this action must not be used to scapegoat the Department of Public Works and Mr Makhanya in an attempt to evade accountability.
Furthermore, President Zuma must still apply his mind to all the relevant documents and reports in his submission to Parliament.