Parliament’s existing committees on public enterprises and energy are sufficient to oversee how Eskom deals with corruption and ex-CEO André de Ruyter’s ‘childish’, ‘untested’ and ‘unsubstantiated’ claims can’t be the basis for a special ad hoc committee, said ANC legislators. Parliament’s ex.
Three days short of 100 days in office, Secretary to Parliament Xolile George is hopeful National Treasury has been persuaded to allocate money for the rebuilding of the fire-ravaged National Assembly. It’s just one of the priorities he has to juggle while getting to know the job, and the peo.
If Parliament were the oversight institution envisaged in the Constitution, opposition MPs argued, the president would answer for the forex farm robbery, Police Minister Bheki Cele would account for the deteriorating crime situation – alongside State Capture Commission recommendations.
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) on Thursday joined the DA’s call to scrap the black economic empowerment (BEE) and affirmative action (AA) legislation, saying it made no contribution to economic growth.