David Van Rooyen

During his testimony in 2018, former treasury director general said Van Rooyen arrived at treasury with a "pre-appointed adviser" in Mohamed Bobat

Twenty of those municipalities had registered progress in terms of compliance, he said following a presidential coordinating council meeting.

The president has warded off calls to resign over the scandals that have marred his administration thanks to a bloc of three premiers.

President Jacob Zuma is part of a faction which embraces patronage politics writes Steven Friedman

One of the Gupta brothers says the family’s meetings with Cabiniet ministers are ‘being used to peddle lies’.

The ruling party said that the report is welcome, but neglected to admit to any wrongdoing.

The matter is due to be heard on November 1, after it was postponed in the High Court in Pretoria in October.

The former ANC MP wants the court to direct that Zuma pay the costs of the application.

The public protector said she was not in a position to advocate that the report, which her predecessor had prepared and finalised, be released.

The matter was due to be heard along with a bid from President Jacob Zuma on November 1.

Parliament says the report cannot be handled in the same manner as other documents usually given to the speaker of the National Assembly.

There were some chuckles when Madonsela said the report into the Gupta family’s involvement in the state and the presidency had been handed to Mbete.

Public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report was due to be released on Friday, but this seems unlikely.

The minister told Nelson Mandela Bay residents, ahead of the ANC’s election manifesto launch, that he takes his job seriously and expects reciprocity.

But Minister David van Rooyen’s unimpressive management of funds in the past casts doubt on his ability to turn around dysfunctional municipalities.