Matla I think this open letter brings a number of issues t fore many of which have been discussed such as the the interests tht our public protector really serves!
What I am also interested in are the power politics at play, showing how the power of those "ruling" the country is entrenched in things particularly those concerning the public. The genda setting of the media, the class discourse that is central in even the investigations that public protector deems important. We welcome this 'open letter' as something not only requiring a response but also prompting discussions from citizens. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:26 PM, matankana mothapo < [email protected]> wrote: > *An open letter to the Public Protector* > > * * > > *24 July 2013* > > * * > > *Dear Madam* > > > > It’s me again, Matankana Mothapo, I hope am not troubling you on your busy > timetable my dear madam, Ms Thuli Madonsela, I am just disappointed with > your office again in year, as a concern patriotic citizenry of my beloved > country. > > > > I am writing this second open letter to you, yet again with supplementary > disappointment and great displeasure about your office. > > > > I have realized that you have used your office to popularize yourself > again by chasing print media news-paper headlines and radio sound-bites, > instead of doing what you were appointed for, which is that of being an > impartial Public Protector. I am saying this because you keep on briefing > the same print media that is profiling you about the progress on Nkandla > report and the Gupta saga, but you have never said anything about South > African Post Office (Sapo) complaint that was lodged by Communication > Workers Union (CWU) *in April 2011*. I think the Union has waited for too > long, maybe you have thrown it away because it’s not going to add any > mileage to the front page news-paper headlines or make it in our > sound-bites broadcasting media. > > > > In your communiqué through your investigating team and followed by your > Press Statement in respond to my first open letter to your office early > this year on the *10th of January 2013*, you said the report is in the > writing or typing stage. This year again after my first open letter to you, > I have received number of communiqués from one of your investigating team > that are in contrary to your Press Statement *of the 10th January 2013. * > > * * > > Recently, I received another communiqué from your office that says, “*Dear > Mr Matankana, this e mail serves to notify you that our report writing into > allegations of corruption and maladministration by SAPO is in on the verge > of completion. It is envisaged that same will be forwarded to you for > comments during the week of 02 July 2013”. * > > > > Ms Madonsela, we are approaching the month of August now, where is the > mere preliminary report that you promised to CWU donkeys years ago? Because > it seems that your Office is cherry-picking cases that are already under > media scrutiny and are, to borrow from your lexicon, "winnable" and would > therefore result in praises and applauds from those quarters you seek to > appease thereby resulting in well convened media briefings. How do you > write or type a report for more than six months? Indeed CWU waited for too > long. > > > > I still replicate what I said in my first open letter to you Ms Madonsela > that your behaviour and modus operandis are not different from that of now > defunct “Directorate of Special Operations” also known as the Scorpions. > > > > You have decided to pick and choose some of the “most” important cases and > whilst you shelf some in your personal drawer to the extent that they > gather dust without being investigated for reasons only known to you - > which I find to be highly suspicious and irregular. > > > > I am a National Spokesperson of the Communication Workers Union that > lodged a complaint with your Office concerning the maladministration, > deep-seated corruption and misuse of funds at the SA Post Office *early > April 2011 *in case if you don’t know Ms Madonsela. > > > > I still repeat what I said to you early this year that your reluctance to > deal speedily with the SA Post Office complaint from the Communication > Workers Union leaves me with no choice but to conclude that your office is > used to destabilize the government of President Jacob Zuma by opposition > parties and some remaining rightwing remnants such as Democratic Alliance > and their fellow travellers called Solidarity. I am not astonished by > allegations levelled against you by your former Deputy Public Protector and > serious allegations of bribery by Democratic Alliance in one of your > Offices in the Northern Cape. Why else would you, Ms Thuli Madonsela, > ignore to investigate the serious matters as raised by the CWU on behalf of > workers as their legitimate representatives? WHY is it taking more than two > years? *WHY? *The public deserve to know, not only me. > > > > I have realized that there is no justice in that futile office, except > being biased and pleasing the opposition parties especially your favourite > Democratic Alliance. To me as a concerned citizenry and National > Spokesperson of CWU and Gauteng Young Communist League Spokesperson Ms > Madonsela, you don’t see any value in pursuing SA Post Office as this may > not result in the mileage for your work or appraisals from the opposition > parties and white owned media because you are chasing headlines in the > media for your popularity or fame sake. > > > > I will not be surprised if the complaints that has been of late lodged > with your office by the Democratic Alliance against the former Minister of > Communications and other cases that are related to the high profile > leadership of our Mass Democratic Movement will receive priority from this > Office at the expense of other urgent, explosive and dolomitic issues > facing the SA Post Office. > > > > I conclude. > > * * > > *Issued by Matankana Mothapo, Communication Workers Union (National > Spokesperson) and Gauteng Young Communist League (Provincial Spokesperson) > – 0827590900 (Writing in my personal capacity, it means this are my views) > * > > *222 Smit Street* > > *Braamfontein (20th floor)* > > *Johannesburg* > > > > -- > -- > You are subscribed. 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