The Presidency, Pretoria, Media Statement, 27 May 2016 Presidency Condemns Toxic Narrative The Presidency strongly condemns the toxic narrative that is being promoted in the media that insinuates that President Jacob Zuma is engaged in a certain "war" with the Minister of Finance. The narrative is being peddled in local and foreign media and some sections of business, that the President is fighting his Minister of Finance and the National Treasury department. The purpose of the said "war" is apparently that the President wishes to take control of the National Treasury. It should be noted that the President controls all government departments including the National Treasury, as the head of government, and by virtue of the fact he appoints Ministers and they report to him. All government departments also report to the President via their respective Ministers. It is therefore absurd to say that the President would be engaged in a struggle to control a government department that he already controls, and also when he actually controls the whole of government. The primary objective of the President and Government is to unite the nation behind the goals of reigniting growth in order to preserve and create jobs during the difficult economic climate. The Presidency trusts that the information peddlers will allow South Africa the space to focus on this national imperative and refrain from the perpetual spreading of false rumours. Enquiries: Dr Bongani Ngqulunga on 082 308 9373 or [email protected] Issued by: The Presidency, Pretoria www.thepresidency.gov.za -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
