MASHATILE UNMASKED | From MEC to deputy president: Broken promises and failed projects litter his record

22 Sep 2023

Azarrah Karrim, Sipho Masondo and Kyle Cowan

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Mashatile Unmasked - an investigation by News24.

Graphic by Rudi Louw.

A review of Deputy President Paul Mashatile's two decades in public office reveals a trail of grand promises, quiet failures and troubling financials as his lieutenants were gifted soft landings in key positions where they wielded influence.

News24 trawled through annual reports, Auditor-General reports, financial statements, speeches, parliamentary minutes and media reports spanning decades to assess Mashatile's performance as an elected official in Gauteng and the national government since the dawn of South Africa's democracy.

Archives of Mashatile's performance reveal a pattern of disturbing practices, including:

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