There was definite political interference in the Vrede dairy farm project, public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said on Monday.
“The conduct of Magashule and Zwane, Qabathe and Rockman in this regard therefore amounts to maladministration and improper conduct in terms of section 6 of the Public Protector Act.”
“I therefore find that Magashule and Zwane, Qabathe and Rockman, and the subsequent appointed MEC’s of DARD, failed to execute their oversight responsibilities entrusted to them in terms of section 125, 133, 136 and 195 of the constitution by approving the appropriation of additional funding for the project after receiving the NTAG’s report and even after termination of the Estina contract,” she said.
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