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RETRACTION AND APOLOGY: ONKGOPOTSE JJ TABANE | The stink in public works smacks of Nkandla

On receipt of a complaint from the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure regarding the publication of this opinion piece and after careful reconsideration of the opinion, TimeLIVE has found that there was insufficient evidence of the allegations upon which highly critical opinions were made of and concerning the Minster of Public Works and Infrastructure in opinion.In the circumstances, TimeLIVE retracts the opinion and unreservedly apologises to the Minister.

Public works and infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson at the expanded public works programme listening tour with the community of Gqeberha. Pictured from left: Bay council speaker Eugene Johnson, Macpherson and Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk. File photo.
Public works and infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson at the expanded public works programme listening tour with the community of Gqeberha. Pictured from left: Bay council speaker Eugene Johnson, Macpherson and Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk. File photo. (Werner Hills)

• JJ Tabane is the anchor of Power to Truth on eNCA and editor of Leadership Magazine. He is also a professor of Media Studies at the University of Botswana.

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