{"id":35210,"date":"2013-04-09T17:26:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T15:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=35210"},"modified":"2013-04-10T09:24:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T07:24:17","slug":"dina-pule-to-be-hit-with-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/35210\/dina-pule-to-be-hit-with-criminal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Dina Pule to be hit with criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Democratic Alliance (DA<\/a>) has announced plans to lay criminal charges against Minister of Communications Dina Pule<\/a> at the Cape Town Central police station tomorrow morning (10 April 2013).<\/p>\n

In a statement issued today, the DA said that the charges relate to the alleged corruption in appointments made at the Department of Communications<\/a> and its entities.<\/p>\n

DA Shadow Minister of Communications, Marian Shinn<\/a>, will lay charges against Pule, the political party said.<\/p>\n

Media reports have implicated Pule in a number of scandals during her time as Minister of Communications, mostly involving Phosane Mngqibisa<\/a>, with whom Pule is said to be romantically involved.<\/p>\n

Pule has dismissed the claims, saying that Mngqibisa is not her boyfriend and that the articles are a smear campaign against her being waged by the Sunday Times.<\/p>\n

More Dina Pule articles<\/h3>\n

Pule to be investigated by Parliament<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DoC calls for Sunday Times apology<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Pule victim of political smear campaign: spokesperson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

New revelations in Dina Pule saga<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Incompetence and corruption: the twin evils of Dina Pule<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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