Limpopo first female Premier Dr Phophi "Maswara Thipa ka Bogaleng" Ramathuba.
A ploy aimed to blemish the image of Limpopo first female Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba and her administration has been exposed.
Crooked politicians have embarked on spreading false rumours about Dr Ramathuba and her cabinet because she refused to subject herself to the so-called political bishops who have milked the state purse through their corrupt activities in various departments, municipalities, government entities and boards.
The militant and consummate Limpopo Premier told her detractors and nemeses that she is not elected to be loved but to work tirelessly therefore she won’t be captured by forces of pessimism who have an ambition of pushing their own selfish agendas of milking the State purse through corrupt tendencies.
Senior ANC members who opted to remain anonymous confirmed to The Azanian that certain journalists are being used to execute their mission to depict a bad picture about Ramathuba’s administration because she refused to be remote controlled by forces of gloom who have no interest to the Limpopo communities but to advance their unorthodox selfish interests.
Some ANC provincial executive committee members said the corrupt politicians are scared because their dirty laundry will be exposed to the public. They also confirmed that Dr Ramathuba is seen as the perfect candidate to be the ANC provincial chairperson and succeed her predecessor former Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha.
Public Works, Roads, and Infrastructure MEC Tonny Rachoene has also being targeted for adhering to Ramathuba’s call for clean governance after saying that he will not tolerate laziness, entitlement and corruption under his administration when delivering his department’s 2024/2025 Vote 09 Budget Speech at the Limpopo Legislature on Thursday morning.
Rachoene expressed his disgust Road Agency Limpopo (RAL) which milked the State purse without accelerating and delivering on its mandate under the leadership of its former board chairperson Matome Ralebipi which RAL had an over commitment of projects of about R355 million. Rachoene committed to establish a new board which consist of consummate leaders and professionals who will revitalise RAL and not pursue egocentricities tendencies.
“As the shareholder of the roads implementing agency of the Department, RAL, I have used the opportunity of my first days in office, to look at the work done and related expenditures. It was a grave concern to me, to find that RAL had an over commitment of projects of about R355 million, which might even be underestimated. This could be a classic case of committing projects linked to budget that we do not necessarily have and the problem with this act is that it gives the public the impression that government, or this department has “stolen” monies meant for the upgrades of roads, thereby tarnishing the image of the province and its leadership. To this effect, we are in the process of setting up a new board for the purpose of taking the work done by RAL forward. We will be putting out an advert to recruit interested and reputable individuals to apply for consideration for appointment, as we work towards establishing a new board of directors for the entity,” said MEC Rachoene.
According to the ANC senior officials, the elephant in the room is the VBS Mutual Bank scandal which has exposed that the ANC in Limpopo was found sleeping when money looted was used to pursue narcissism kleptomaniac tendencies which hurt the communities which included pensioners who lost their hard-earned investments and savings.
They expressed their disappointment that some corrupt activities happened during the tenure of former Limpopo Premier Mathabatha.
The ANC sources said Mathabatha of ambhubezi fame didn’t reprimand his ally Danny Msiza the former ANC provincial treasurer who has been entangled in the VBS saga. SACP PEC earlier said Mathabatha is a factory fault who failed to rebuke his political bishop Msiza who is still fighting to clear his name in court
“They are plotting against comrade Phophi because she doesn’t bow to them. She has made it very clear that it will be disingenuous to be remote controlled by some corrupt politicians who have destroyed Limpopo. They are also targeting comrade Tonny because he is a consummate leader who is equal to the task," ANC leaders said.
"They are jealous of him because he is a disciplined ANCYL leader who is a force to be reckoned with. Some of our comrades have looted VBS. Comrade Mathabatha has failed us and we are happy that he is no longer the Premier. He failed to stop corruption in Limpopo. We put it to you that the rot was too deep in Limpopo and the province was ailing under his leadership."
The Deputy Minister of Land Reform and Rural Developmnent Chupu last year perplexed the ANC members in Limpopo by supporting President Cyril Ramaphosa rival disgraced former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize during the ANC national elective conference.
Mkhize lost to Ramaphosa who walloped him with 2 476 votes after receiving 1887 votes. Mathabatha lost to national chairperson Gwede Mantashe after he defied the Limpopo mandate by chanting the “Amabubezi” slogan. Some ANC PEC members labelled Mathabatha a sell-out who is remote controlled by former President Jacob Zuma and his allies.
Mathabatha’s cronies appointed the Road Agency Limpopo (RAL) board of directors without following proper procedures which was then led by his ally Ralebipi, former chairperson of the RAL board of directors.
The Dikgerekgere Taskforce, Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba and Public Works, Roads, and Infrastructure MEC Tonny Rachoene tageted by forces doom and crooked politicians.
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