Motlanthe to lead panel to probe efficacy of laws made by Parliament
A HIGH-powered panel under the leadership of former president Kgalema Motlanthe has been established to probe whether the laws made by Parliament are working and if there are harmful, unintended consequences in the nation’s statutes.Some of the key areas that have been in the news are land reform, equality laws and red tape hindering the establishment of small businesses.The 17-person panel, which will advise the Speakers’ Forum on whether laws are working as they should, includes former justice minister Brigitte Mabandla, former Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni, former auditor-general Terence Nombembe, public health expert Olive Shisana, land reform expert at the University of Cape Town Aninka Claassens, Haroon Bhorat, Alan Hirsch, former United Nations special ambassador Judge Ravi Pillay and Vivienne Taylor.When she introduced the advisory panel yesterday, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete said too many laws had been approved since 1994, so the panel would concentrate on a...
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