Outraged MPs seek urgent meeting with Baleka Mbete on state capture inquiry
ANC’s Zukile Luyenge ‘smells a rat’ and DA’s Natasha Mazzone says it is ‘ludicrous’ to suggest Parliament does not have the resources to conduct an inquiry
A delegation from Parliament's public enterprises committee is to seek an urgent meeting with National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete to ask for resources for its inquiry into the capture of state-owned enterprises. Committee members from across the political spectrum were outraged on Wednesday by the fact that Parliament will not provide the necessary resources for the inquiry, particularly to employ an evidence leader which all political parties believe is necessary. "We are smelling a rat here," ANC MP Zukile Luyenge said after hearing the view of Parliament’s chief legal adviser Zuraya Adhikarie at a committee meeting. He was supported by DA spokeswoman on public enterprises Natasha Mazzone. Both argued strongly that the committee needed an evidence leader with expertise to lead evidence at the inquiry that the committee plans to hold into state capture and the abuse of public resources, particularly at Eskom. "We need to have the necessary resources," Luyenge said. Mazzone said ...
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