Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will make his decision known soon on Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's report on the police leasing deals, the Presidency said.
Madonsela had given the Minister of Public Works 60 days in which to explain to Cabinet why she had insisted on going ahead with the leases instead of declaring them invalid. She also requested the President to act on the recommendations of the report.
The Public Protector's first report on the police leasing deals, released in February, pertained to her investigation into the deal for the Middestad building in Pretoria, which was leased for R500 million from businessman Roux Shabangu.
The second, released in July, scrutinised the R1.1 billion leasing of Transnet Tower in Durban, also from Shabangu.
Madonsela found that the leases were unlawful, invalid and ''fatally flawed''.
Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj said Zuma has undertaken a lot of work already in response to the Public Protector report on the alleged maladministration.
"Unfortunately, most of what is being done is at this stage difficult to disclose without prejudicing those affected by the report," he said.
Due process was being followed and people had been given an opportunity to respond as required in terms of the law.
"The President takes the report very seriously, which is why he has decided not to take hasty or haphazard decisions. He appreciates the work of the Office of the Public Protector in contributing to fight against corruption," Maharaj added. - BuaNews
