Gauteng Premier David Makhura has welcomed the judgment handed down by Judge Mothle of the Special Tribunal on Monday, correcting an error made in the judgment of 10 December 2020.
In his judgment handed down in December, Judge Mothle stated that Kabelo Lehoenya, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Health, claimed that Premier Makhura gave her names of companies to be appointed as service providers for PPE.
On 27 January 2021, Premier David Makhura made an application to the Special Tribunal in terms of Rule 42, to seek correction on paragraphs 14 and 24 of the Tribunal judgment to include the words “Office of” before the word “Premier.”
Judge Mothle has since accepted the request by the Premier and has corrected the error.
“I have on receipt of the Premiers application, realised that the omission of the word “Office of” before “the Premier” and “the MEC” in the judgment text is capable of being construed to mean that the Tribunal has found or decided that it was the Premier personally or the MEC personally, who supplied the names. There was no such decision or finding made on the allegations…” said Mothle.
Makhura said he is happy that the statement has been corrected.
“I am happy that the statement has been corrected, making it clear that there were no allegations made against the Premier’s involvement in PPE procurement irregularities,” Makhura said.
