South Africa: ‘Bloated super Presidency’ needs accountable oversight, Ramaphosa told

President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke about everything except his office’s R612-million budget before the National Assembly on Tuesday. But it was the scope and scale of the Presidency, which has no parliamentary committee to account to, that drew the ire of MPs during the debate.

The uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party’s chief whip, impeached judge John Hlophe, questioned why there had never been a portfolio committee in Parliament overseeing the Presidency. “That is a serious lacuna,” he…