DA asks court to prevent public protector report being kept private
The DA said it was going to court to prevent the public protector’s state capture report being kept under wraps, as it was a "matter of significant public importance". Party leader Mmusi Maimane said on Tuesday that "as the complainant in the state capture probe‚ the DA plainly has a direct and substantial interest in whether and when the ‘final report’ into state capture is released". On Monday‚ the party filed a founding affidavit in the interdict application brought by Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des Van Rooyen‚ saying its intervention was to "ensure that President Jacob Zuma and Van Rooyen do not abuse judicial processes to shield themselves from possible adverse findings". The report was handed over to Parliament for safe-keeping after the High Court in Pretoria began hearing Van Rooyen’s application last week Friday. It will be heard‚ along with Zuma’s application, on November 1. The main arguments contained in the DA’s affidavit are the following:...
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