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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – The DA has called on Parliament\u2019s Ethics Committee to use the findings of the South African National Editors Forum\u2019s inquiry into media ethics in its lodged complaint against Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe over the allegations against him of bribing a journalist.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Mantashe was reported to the committee after he said he had paid a Sunday World journalist R70 000 to \u2019kill a story\u2019 about his extramarital affair.<\/p>\n

Mantashe had later retracted the allegation.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the DA said it had identified adverse evidence against Mantashe in the Sanef report which would probe him.<\/p>\n

The report pointed out that while the panel that launched the probe was not necessarily in agreement that there had been either criminal or civil wrongdoing by Mantashe, his actions had constituted \u201cpolitical and executive disregard and contempt for the media\u201d and that it undermined its credibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cEither Mr Mantashe did bribe journalists, in which case, he has no respect for the institution of the media. Or Mr Mantashe did not bribe journalists, in which case, making an on-the-record allegation and then retracting it without explanation is contemptuous of the function and standing of the media and media practitioners,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

In a letter addressed to the registrar of the committee, DA spokesperson on mineral resources Kevin Mileham said the findings were damning against Mantashe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese findings against the minister are of a grave and serious nature, requiring that Parliament exercises its responsibility in holding the minister to account in terms of the Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members\u2019 Interests of Parliament,\u201d Mileham said.<\/p>\n

Mileham complained that Parliament had dragged its feet on working on its complaint since he filed it in October last year.<\/p>\n

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