DA wants reasons for cancellation of briefing on readiness for elections

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Des van Rooyen needs to account for why he cancelled a news briefing on the government’s readiness for the local government elections scheduled to be held on August 3 this year‚ the Democratic Alliance says. DA spokesman on cooperative governance and traditional affairs Kevin Mileham charged on Monday that Van Rooyen’s indefinite postponement of the briefing showed that he was trying to dodge questions as to government’...