Steenhuisen on his “luxury blue-light SUVs”; championing agriculture; Mansfield

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The leader of South Africa’s Official Opposition has been given an especially rough ride since his party helped form the Government of National Unity. Latest is manufactured outrage about a fictional “multi-million rand blue light luxury SUV fleet”. In this interview, John Steenhuisen, Agriculture Minister in South Africa’s Government of National Unity, provides full details about his official (and private) vehicles. He confirms that Action SA, which engineered the ‘exposé’, was given all these facts before launching its tirade. Steenhuisen spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.
8 Jan 6AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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