Minister ordered to appear in Parliament
Tussle intensifies as energy committee demands Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson explains forensic report into PetroSA’s failed Ikhwezi project in person
Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has been summoned by Parliament’s energy committee to present a forensic report into PetroSA’s failed Ikhwezi project which resulted in an impairment of R14.5bn for the state-owned gas-to-liquid company in 2014-15. The committee requested an independent forensic report about a year ago and last week instructed the department to present it on Tuesday. Instead a summary version was presented which committee chairman Fikile Majola said was unacceptable and he instructed director-general Thabane Zulu to come back in November with the minister and the full report. This is yet another tussle between the committee and the minister over access to documents. Joemat-Pettersson finally succumbed to committee demands that she hand over key documents related to the proposed nuclear acquisition programme which she had withheld on the grounds that they were confidential. Zulu told the committee the forensic report was with the minister who was considering its...
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