EXPOSED: How Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe defied the President

Since September 2025, Daily Maverick has documented governance failures at the Department of Social Development under Minister Sisisi Tolashe. A letter sent to Tolashe by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March reveals the most recent: Tolashe charged her own Director-General with misconduct and advertised for his replacement without the legal authority to do either.

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