April 05, 2019.

For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Halima Frost.

 

Making headlines:

Eskom spokesperson resigns

Dirco to urgently meet police minister and African ambassadors over KZN xenophobia

And, De Lille asks Public Protector to investigate alleged kickback scam at George municipality

 

Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe has resigned.

Phasiwe took to a media WhatsApp to announce his resignation, quoting a verse from the Bible.

He revealed he would leave the entity at the end of April and said that it had become time for him to "take some time off".

He said he had no immediate plans after that.

 

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation is expected to host an urgent meeting with the Minister of Police and African ambassadors today, following a spate of xenophobic attacks in KwaZulu-Natal.

They are expected to look at how ambassadors and the government can work with communities and all stakeholders to support and encourage integration in communities.

Minister Lindiwe Sisulu expressed concern about violence against foreign nationals and damage to their properties in Durban and called on law enforcement officers to use the full might of the law to deal with criminals and those who damaged properties.

 

GOOD leader Patricia de Lille laid a complaint with the Public Protector over what she alleges is an investment and kickback scheme in the Democratic Alliance-led George municipality involving a councillor and his son.

According to De Lille, evidence shows that the municipality invested R350-million of its reserve funds at financial institutions, and that handling fees were paid to the son of a George councillor, amounting to close to R400 000 in the first six months of the project.

However, Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning Anton Bredell, says De Lille's claims are unfounded and devoid of fact.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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