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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) clashed on Wednesday over whether members of the judiciary should appear before Parliament\u2019s ad hoc committee probing police corruption.<\/p>\n

The committee plans to call at least six more witnesses and to receive public submissions from 15 individuals and five civil society organisations before the end of January.<\/p>\n

The EFF said it also wants parliamentarians, the Democratic Alliace (DA)\u2019s Dianne Kohler-Barnard and the National Coloured Congress (NCC)\u2019s Fadiel Adams, to respond to testimony given by witnesses regarding their alleged handling of Crime Intelligence information.<\/p>\n

MK Party member David Skosana said Parliament\u2019s ad hoc committee should not only probe allegations made against the police, but also consider a list of judges\u2019 names that the party said it has submitted to the committee, which have not been made public.<\/p>\n

The committee has already heard from members of the judiciary, including outgoing National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shamila Batohi and Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) head Andrea Johnson.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to have them here. It\u2019s not only about the police. We have judgments which leave much to be desired. They are not a law unto themselves,\u201d said Skhosana.<\/p>\n

However, EFF leader Julius Malema said that while he remains critical of the judiciary, there is no substantial evidence implicating any judge in police corruption.<\/p>\n

He then challenged Skosana to indicate who should be called, causing the meeting to turn rowdy.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop being a coward. Tell us the name of a judge.”<\/p>\n

Committee chairperson Soviet Lekganyane said that while there is no denial that there are problems within the judiciary, there is currently no evidence before the committee that warranted a specific judge being called to testify.<\/p>\n

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