In his budget speech, Patel only referred to the NLC once, saying his department would promote 'greater transparency and improved governance' at the NLC.
Department of Trade and Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks
Patel, however, didn’t say a word in his response about the NLC, which has been the subject of reports alleging the corrupt use of its beneficiary funds for months. He said there was “significant evidence in the public domain which has revealed how certain members of the NLC hierarchy and their associates used grant funding to line their pockets at the expense of the poor”.
“Each and every step of the way, the ANC members of the portfolio committee have aided and abetted the NLC in executing their crime,” he said.
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