Dean Macpherson
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Oct 22, 2026
Ian CameronGUEST
And eventually, the Department of Public Works Also, they didn't serve some of those facilities.
Ian CameronGUEST
Now, I have personally engaged with the Minister of Public Works, Dean McPherson, and so too with the Acting Minister of Police on some of these structures, whether we speak or write about there's no doubt that on a ministerial level, there is an interest in fixing it.
Ian CameronGUEST
But somewhere in between top leadership and what happens on the ground, something goes very, very wrong.
Ian CameronGUEST
The long and the short of it is a station like Oliver Note Bosch even if you fix all the problems at the station at the moment, it is not sufficient to serve a community of that size.
Ian CameronGUEST
And eventually, the Department of Public Works also didn't serve some of those facilities.
Ian CameronGUEST
Now, I have personally engaged with the Minister of Public Works, Dean McPherson, and so too with the Acting Minister of Police on some of these structures, whether we speak or write about there's no doubt that on a ministerial level there is an interest in fixing it.
Ian CameronGUEST
But somewhere in between top leadership and what happens on the ground, something goes very, very wrong.
Ian CameronGUEST
The long and the short of it is a station like Levenhout-Bosch even if you fix all the problems at the station at the moment, it is not sufficient to serve a community of that size.
Stephen GrootesGUEST
You know, there's a huge problem in the execution.
Stephen GrootesGUEST
Uh, the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, uh, Dean Macpherson, has stated, has repeated that figure.
Stephen GrootesGUEST
Um, so, so we know that to be true.
Stephen GrootesGUEST
So yes, there is that.
Wayne LurieGUEST
Then Jordan Hill Lewis, who's now the mayor of Cape Town, introduced the private members bull in 2015, which was a significant improvement and recognizing, you know, the new technologies that went nowhere.
Wayne LurieGUEST
Dean McPherson reintroduced that bull in 2021 and very shortly afterwards became a minister.
Wayne LurieGUEST
And so it goes.
Wayne LurieGUEST
Toby Chance recently picked up the private members bill, but very little has been done in the main by the legislature to introduce some form of modernization.
Alec HoggHOST
But just looking at, at KZN right now and where we are, a conversation that I had with Gayton McKenzie just over a week ago, uh, was, he said he, he's looking to get a few percentage points of eThekwini to get MK over the line, over the 50% number, so that he can govern with them.
Alec HoggHOST
Uh, is, does that surprise you, that Gayton is, is siding with MK when the other politicians, we had, uh, Dean Macpherson saying, "I will never, uh, never work with MK in KwaZulu-Natal"? And the ANC seem to be, well, they seem to be a bit of a spent force in the province, but they too, uh, are, are not exactly warm towards this Zuma dynasty party.
William Saunderson-MeyerGUEST
No, they're not warm to it.
William Saunderson-MeyerGUEST
In fact, when, uh, MK tried to speak, uh, about a, some kind of KZN coalition with the ANC, they were brushed off very rudely by, by Fikile Mbalula.
Mlondi MdluliGUEST
Those couple of traditional rural characters, you know, which are on the street bubbling.
Mlondi MdluliGUEST
So, yeah, but I mean, yeah, I see that it's a very complex, you know, situation in KZN, especially now to us of EMK, which, you know, has, but it is really, it really is, you might have seen that Dean McPherson, who's a chairperson of KZN, actually said it yesterday, that in its equity is down to the DA or EMK.
Gabriel MakinHOST
That's how it's happening.
Mlondi MdluliGUEST
So, you know, there's much work that has been put in by the team to ensure that we get the black boats, you know, the so-called black boats, you know, so that we are able to grow and go here to
Mlondi MdluliGUEST
So, you can imagine, it was quite tough for the ANC.
Mlondi MdluliGUEST
And I do suspect that they are for sure, to be honest.
Gabriel MakinHOST
And then the sense of how that shark plays out, because you talk about Dean McPherson says that the choice is between the MK party and the DA, but in an Unless something, you know, a totally improbable event happens, the MK might be able to go on and go to learn in the Chukwuni, if even they do well enough to have a surprise election.
Gabriel MakinHOST
But in order for the DA to govern, you would probably need to, without MK, you would probably need to recreate the government provincial unity down on the local levels.
Alec HoggHOST
Does that mean that you would not govern with the PA in the Western Cape? And I ask this because in KZN, It's very clear.
Alec HoggHOST
Dean McPherson was sitting in your chair and he said exactly that.
Alec HoggHOST
He said, we will not partner with the MK in any respect in KwaZulu-Natal.
Alec HoggHOST
Are you saying the same thing here in your Western Cape?
Mzwanele ManyiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Even the security upgrades there require a lot of assessment.
Tamasha KanyiHOST
He accused Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson of failing to ensure that security-related maintenance to Zuma's Nkandla residence meets national key point requirements.
Tamasha KanyiHOST
In response to the claims, the minister said the department does maintain the security infrastructure at all former presidents res-residences, but isn't legally permitted to pay for the maintenance of Zuma's private home.
Dean MacphersonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So Mr. Manyi is entitled to believe whatever he wants.
Tertuis SimmersGUEST
So I was given the mandate from the premier, because my portfolio also has the responsibility of looking at infrastructure and that our projects actually adhere to the rule of law.
Tertuis SimmersGUEST
Being well aware, local national government has entities, which Dean McPherson is the relevant minister under who a lot of these entities vests, and then the current minister of human settlements under which the NHBRC vests.
Tertuis SimmersGUEST
And what we did was, I mean, we used the engineer general of the Western Cape, a very, very committed technical team, because what you saw there was something which doesn't happen a lot in our country.
Tertuis SimmersGUEST
They call it a pancake effect, which means in less than 30 seconds, everything happened.
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Tertuis SimmersGUEST
Why are you going through all these extremes to hide what happened to that money? which in actual fact, if you fail to be held accountable, why do you even deserve to determine who governs the town? Does that
Alec HoggHOST
mean that you would not govern with the PA in the Western Cape? And I ask this because in KZN, it's very clear.
Alec HoggHOST
Dean McPherson was sitting in your chair and he said exactly that.
Alec HoggHOST
He said, We will not partner with the MK in any respect in KwaZulu-Natal.
Mandy WienerHOST
Coming up on the show today, Felicia Russ arrests the suspect in connection with runner Elizabeth Mosella-Gomor's murder case.
Mandy WienerHOST
Public Works Minister Dean McPherson gives an update on protecting state property.
Mandy WienerHOST
COSATU reconvenes its conference amidst the leadership contest.
Mandy WienerHOST
Media freedom under scrutiny after March and March's doxing of News 24 journalist.
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Dean McPhersonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
These are not sort of homes of first residents.
Dean McPhersonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
These are secondary holiday homes, and we have previously detailed how some of them are being used as Airbnbs, and some of them are restaurants.
Mandy WienerHOST
Thank you very much to Babalo and Denze, EWN reporter, for that update on that briefing by the Public Works Minister, Dean McPherson.
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