South Africa: Chairperson Gigaba Rejects Claims of Shielding Minister Motshekga From Accountability As Unfounded and Illogical

South Africa: Chairperson Gigaba Rejects Claims of Shielding Minister Motshekga From Accountability As Unfounded and Illogical

The Co-Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, Dr Malusi Gigaba, has expressed concern at unfounded, disingenuous, and illogical comments attributed to Mr Nicholas Gotsell, a member of the committee, alleging that the Chairperson is shielding the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans from accounting for "R813 million allocated to the payment of SANDF deployment allowances".

Gigaba, Defence Ministry deny protecting Motshekga on deployment allowances

By Thapelo Molefe Co-Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, Malusi Gigaba, has strongly rejected claims by Democratic Alliance MP Nicholas Gotsell that the committee is shielding Defence Minister Angie Motshekga from accounting for R813 million allocated for SA National Defence Force deployment allowances. Describing Gotsell’s comments as “unfounded, disingenuous and illogical,” Gigaba said such statements misrepresented the com…