On Thursday, 26 September 2013, the North West Provincial Legislature's Standing Committee on Provincial Public Accounts (SCOPA) has called Premier Thandi Modise to account over the D-Account at a public hearing that will be held at The White Hall in Brits at 9h30.
The Premier is expected to give the Committee a detailed report on the general management of the D Account held by the provincial government, in particular, the Bapo ba Mogale royalties paid into the D-Account, a forensic investigation report initiated by her office and the Public Protector doing the same investigation on the account.
This came after the MEC for Local Government and the MEC for Finance failed to give a detailed account of the management of the D Account to the Committee.
At 13h00, the Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs will be briefing the Committee on the administration of the D-Account of Bakwena ba Mogopa.
The meetings forms part of investigations and public hearings that the Committee is embarking on with communities that are reserving royalties from mining companies in the province’s D account. The D Account is an account where all mining companies deposit royalties for traditional authorities. According the Auditor General’s office, the D account has never been audited for the past 19 years.
Members of the media interested to attend should contact:
Namhla Luhabe
Tel: 018 392 7000
Cell: 079 527 0628
Fax: 086 695 3784
E-mail: namhla@nwpl.org.za
