Alf Lees MP

Dear Cape Town The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) to request an investigation into the alleged malfeasance by Yakhe Kwinana that has been exposed over the past week during hearings of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture. During the Myeni and Zuma era …

Dear Cape Town The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s decision to not attend a Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) meeting that was due to happen today. When the DA enquired to the reason for the cancelled meeting, we were informed that the Minister, as per his previous communication, requested he …

Dear Cape Town The Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, has again evaded accounting to Parliament over the source of the R10.4 billion required by the South African Airways (SAA) Business Rescue Practitioners for the Business Rescue Plan that they have devised for the airline. This R10.4 billion is over and above the R16.4 billion …

Dear Cape Town Today, I have written to Tito Mboweni, the Minister of Finance, and Pravin Gordhan, the Minister of Public Enterprises, to request that they bring the nation into their confidence and provide details of the negotiations that they are reportedly having with potential investors in South African Airways (SAA). Both Ministers have maintained …