DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis refutes John Steenhuisen's allegations.
DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis and Communications Minister Solly Malatsi have flatly refuted the insinuation that their party’s public representatives succumbed to pressure from Tony Leon’s Resolve Communications on government policies in favour of certain private businesses.
The claims came from Hill-Lewis’s predecessor, John Steenhuisen, who was recently demoted to a deputy minister at Hill-Lewis’s request to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Hill-Lewis said the party’s programme in the Government of National Unity (GNU) is decided by its leaders, and no one else, although it considers the views of many stakeholders, with which it sometimes agrees or disagrees.
“DA’s public representatives are routinely engaged by a wide range of stakeholders, including industry bodies, interest groups, businesses, NGOs, trade unions, experts, lawyers, and public affairs firms. These meetings are normal in the course of government,” said Hill-Lewis.
