ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal has accused the Democratic Alliance (DA) leader in the province and MEC of Finance, Francois Rodgers, of plagiarism by presenting a budget speech that was previously delivered by a former MEC.
Francois re-tabled the budget speech on Thursday in the provincial legislature in Durban.
According to ActionSAs provincial spokesperson, Sanelisiwe Zuma, Rodgers' budget speech was copied word for word from former MEC of Finance, Neliswa Nkonyeni.
Nkonyeni, an ANC member, presented the budget speech on March 7, 2024 .
Zuma said the blatant copy and paste reflects the stagnation and lack of innovative leadership within the government departments despite having a new leader.
