Hon Minister, the catalyst in the sordid affair, Mothibi Rammusi, is a former employee of the Department of Communications. His crony in crime, Zami Nkosi, is the CEO of Usaasa and a former work colleague of Usaasa's chairperson, Phumla Radebe. Perhaps they honed their opportunistic skills at the knees of your deputy directors-general, DDGs. Two of your deputy directors-general are being investigated by the Public Service Commission. This was requested by Parliament's Ethics Committee, following its investigation into the hon Pule's corrupt ICT Indaba matter. This committee found them unreliable and untrustworthy in their attempt to prevent the committee from uncovering the truth.
In addition, the Public Protector's report on the ICT Indaba matter highlighted the rapacious way in which the DDGs stole the idea from the organiser who approached them for sponsorship. Now, you have been asked, via the Public Protector's report on the SABC, to discipline one of these DDGs for improperly influencing an executive appointment at the broadcaster. Perhaps your department is a school for stunt rolls.
Hon Minister, what measures have you put in place to ensure that no staff in your Ministry, department and entities have any current or planned business interests arising from the programmes of the department or its entities and that they all understand that they are not in government to get the inside track on lucrative business opportunities?