Public Protector Grants President Zuma Extension to Comment on Absa Report, ANCYL Continue Protests

PRETORIA – President Jacob Zuma has been granted an extension by the Public Protector to comment on the provisional report regarding the South African government’s alleged failure to recover public funds from ABSA.

“President Jacob Zuma has been granted an extension until the end of February 2017 by the Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, to comment on the provisional report on the complaint of Mr Paul Hoffman pertaining to alleged maladministration, corruption, misappropriation of public funds and failure by the South African Government to implement CIEX Report and recover public funds from ABSA,” said the Presidency on Friday.

The Presidency received the provisional report from the Office of the Public Protector toward the end of December last year.  

After studying the provisional report, the President requested an extension until the end of February 2017, in order to finalise consultations with all relevant role players, said the Presidency. – SAnews.gov.za

Meanwhile the ANC Youth League stormed an ABSA branch in Durban yesterday, and today there are reports of chaos outside the branch on Stanger street because of an ANCYL protest. The ANCYL say: “ANCYL believes there was criminality and fraud in the transaction that involved BANKORP which was brought by ABSA/SARS It shouldn’t go unpunished.”