No need to subpoena DCEC directors
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Standard editor, Outsa Mokone and Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) wanted the directors to testify on the progress of investigations into a case in which the director general of the Directorate of Intelligence Security Services (DIS), Isaac Kgosi is being investigated for corruption.
The case emanated from another case in which the DCEC had dragged Sunday Standard and Mokone to court seeking permanent interdiction against the newspaper from publishing details of a docket containing information in regard to investigations carried out against Kgosi.
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...