Parliament has failed to meet the deadline set by the public protector in the state of capture report including reviewing, within 180 days, the executive members’ ethics act. On Monday, the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) called on National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete and the portfolio committee on justice and correctional services to deal with the review of the executive members’ ethics act as a matter of urgency. The review will deal with, inter alia, how transgressions of the ethics code by the president should be processed, said Casac executive director Lawson Naidoo. In her swan-song report then Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said Parliament must review, within 180 days, the executive members’ ethics act to provide better guidance regarding integrity, including avoidance and management of conflict of interest. This, the report stated, should clearly define responsibilities of those in authority regarding a proper response to whistle-blo...
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