Ex-ANC MP Vincent Smith denies alleged bribes took the heat off Bosasa
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Corruption-accused former African National Congress (ANC) MP
Vincent Smith denied the bribes Bosasa allegedly paid to him meant the heat would be off Bosasa when he chaired the National Assembly s Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services.
Parliament's oversight role came under scrutiny at the Zondo commission, where the governing ANC's unwillingness to hold its executive to account was laid bare.
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Ministers and DGs would attend ANC study groups, the Zondo commission has heard from former ANC MP Zukiswa Rantho.
The ANC caucus in
the Fourth Parliament also didn t discuss allegations of corruption and undue influence that were in the public domain.
Party leaders sometimes prevented MPs from probing politically sensitive matters.
ANC MPs would caucus with ministers and directors-general before meetings in which they were expected to hold them accountable, a former ANC MP testified at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture.
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The first person to testify before the commission on Tuesday was former ANC MP Zukiswa Rantho, who chaired the National Assembly s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises.
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The ANC caucus was divided about Parliamentary inquiry into Eskom, with attempts to scupper to the inquiry, former ANC MP Lukiswa Rantho told the Zondo commission.
She said she felt pressurised and threatened, but continued with the inquiry.
Initially, the ANC was unwilling to probe allegations of corruption and undue influence.
A substantial number of ANC MPs looked to scupper the Parliamentary inquiry into Eskom in 2017 and 2018 due to concerns about the reputation of the party , and the committee chairperson, Lukiswa Rantho, was intimidated, she told the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Tuesday.