The Bill Episode 33: Paydays, power & alleged underworld links: SA politics under the microscope
The Bill · 30 March 2026 · 16m
Speaker 1: Hello everybody. Speaker 2: My name's Lester Gibett and welcome to the Ball, our weekly chat about politics, parliaments Speaker 2: and maybe a hot take or two between myself and Tara. Speaker 1: Are you doing to You've had a very busy week. Speaker 2: Two scoops in the business, stay well done. Speaker 1: Let's start when. Speaker 2: You talk about this big week in political controversy and accountability battles. Let's start with Speaker 2: everyone's favorite opposition party form opposition party. They're now very well entrenched. Well that's also Speaker 2: debatable, very well in Trench in the Government of National Unity, so we'll call them Speaker 2: the second largest political party in South Africa. But about that proximity to power, A Speaker 2: change is a guy, because you broke the news this week of how DA office Speaker 2: bearers have been getting top up salaries slash allowances, slash stipends from the party while Speaker 2: at the same time getting a either a council or a national government salary. Speaker 3: We're looking at the DA spending an excess of few hundred thousand monthly, which totals Speaker 3: to er point six million annually. And there's been a large conversation about this particular Speaker 3: topic lest so with people saying this is the party's money or why are we Speaker 3: as the public being interested in how the party is choosing to top up particular Speaker 3: senior leaders' salaries. Speaker 4: So that I have two things to say. Speaker 3: Firstly, Section ninety six of the Constitution states, then members of the executive I e.
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