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Johannesburg - Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde has announced a six-month moratorium on all new property deals to allow a clean-up operation in her department, The New Age reported on Monday.
The delay could stall business deals worth more than half a billion rands, given the estimation that the department concludes property lease deals valued at more than R1bn annually.
Mahlangu-Nkabinde announced the moratorium on Friday while addressing the Property Sector Charter seminar in Sandton.
"We have asked all business to stop at Public Works for six months. We need to clean our house and give South Africa a better service," she said.
"The process is not going to be handled by public works. We have asked experts to help us."
She has been under pressure after Public Protector Thuli Madonsela ruled that her department mishandled the controversial R500m lease deal for new police headquarters.
The delay could stall business deals worth more than half a billion rands, given the estimation that the department concludes property lease deals valued at more than R1bn annually.
Mahlangu-Nkabinde announced the moratorium on Friday while addressing the Property Sector Charter seminar in Sandton.
"We have asked all business to stop at Public Works for six months. We need to clean our house and give South Africa a better service," she said.
"The process is not going to be handled by public works. We have asked experts to help us."
She has been under pressure after Public Protector Thuli Madonsela ruled that her department mishandled the controversial R500m lease deal for new police headquarters.
