MASUKU FACES THE AXE

The ANC, particularly Gauteng chairperson and Premier David Makhura, has a difficult decision to make regarding whether or not to axe suspended Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku, who this week made a last-ditch effort to persuade the party’s provincial integrity commission to change some of the damning findings against him.

Details of Masuku’s unenviable position are captured in a letter in which he pleaded with the commission to reconsider the findings that he could have done better in his handling of the alleged personal protective equipment (PPE) looting scheme