Parliament’s public accounts watchdog Scopa will invite minister in the presidency responsible for state security Mondli Gungubele to appear before the committee to account for delays in vetting senior government and Eskom officials.
Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan downplayed the resignation of Gidon Novick from the board of Takatso consortium, the strategic equity partner acquiring 51% of the government’s shareholding in SAA.
Angry MPs on parliament’s standing committee on public accounts want the presidency and the agency reported to National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and deputy president David Mabuza, in his capacity as leader of government business in parliament, for “Stalingrad secrecy”.