Africa-Press – South-Africa. The National Assembly’s Rules Committee will decide how Parliament will deal with the Zondo Commission’s report into state capture.
In the Programming Committee on Thursday, Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said President Cyril Ramaphosa would table the report by 30 June.
The first three parts of the report are already publicly available, but have not been officially tabled before Parliament. Ramaphosa must also present an implementation plan when he tables the report.
Mapisa-Nqakula said the Rules Committee would discuss how to handle the report once it is tabled.
“This may well entail referring some aspects of the report to particular committees,” she said.
It is expected that a yet-to-be-released part of the report will deal with Parliament’s failure to execute its oversight functions.
Mapisa-Nqakula said:
She warned that they could not be conclusive about how the report will be handled before it is formally tabled.
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DA deputy chief whip Siviwe Gwarube said Parliament would need to understand that there will be a number of damning findings in terms of holding the executive to account.
“My submission [is] that there are a number of things we as Parliament need to consider on how we do our business,” Gwarube said.
She said Parliament must ensure that they address where it has been found wanting and that the legislature looks at how it was “aiding and abetting state capture”.
The MPs agreed with the approach Mapisa-Nqakula outlined.
The three parts of the report issued haven’t been pleasant for the ANC, with several of its high-ranking members implicated, including current ministers, like Gwede Mantashe and Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.
Influential position
House chairperson Cedric Frolick, who was implicated in the third part of the report that was released last week for his dealings with Bosasa, was in the meeting, but didn’t participate in the discussion on the report.
Frolick holds the influential position of chair of chairs – which can determine how committees conduct their business. In the Fifth Parliament, Frolick chaired the Ad Hoc Committees on Nkandla.
The first part of the report was presented to Ramaphosa in January and the second part on 1 February.
The third part was initially meant to be the final part, but the commission was granted an extension by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to the end of April 2022.
The court also granted Ramaphosa an extension of four months from receipt of the full report to present an implementation plan in response.
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