# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has asked the National Treasury for guidance on launching an independent investigation into a controversial 70-million-rand lease agreement for a vacant building in Pretoria. A preliminary report found the Property Management Trading Entity approved the lease in 2023 despite plans to close the Department of Public Enterprises. The minister alleges that officials tried to house the National Prosecuting Authority’s anti-corruption unit there:
Macpherson seeks probe into R70 Million Pretoria building lease [SOUND]
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