Muthambi must come clean on New Age adverts
1 March 2015
It is reported in City Press today that Minister Faith Muthambi did spend R 1.6 million on a single set of advertisements in The New Age, and that this expenditure did not go through the proper approval processes (see here).
This follows similar allegations in the Mail & Guardian on 6 February - allegations that have been flatly denied by Communications Director-General, Donald Liphoko.
In the Communications Portfolio Committee meeting of 17 February, I asked Mr Liphoko whether R 1.6 million had been spent on a single advert in The New Age, without sign off by the Director-General. He replied that the allegations were false.
Today's City Press report suggests that the allegations are not going away.