Parliament’s public service and administration committee meeting due to take place on Wednesday was quietly taken off the committees programme ahead of time and speculation is growing that this had everything to do with internal ANC dynamics. The committee is stuck in limbo after chairwoman and ANC MP Makhosi Khoza’s presumed resignation as chair of the committee following her vocal criticism of President Jacob Zuma in the run up to this month’s vote of no confidence. After Luthuli House made it clear that it had its sights on MPs who openly defied the party’s call for unity in defence of Zuma, five ANC MPs boycotted Khoza’s committee meeting until "appropriate action" was meted out on her. However, Khoza told Business Day earlier this week that she had not resigned and without a decision by the committee itself that she be removed, Khoza and the opposition maintain that she is still the chair. When asked if the ANC parliamentary caucus was aware of the reasons the meeting was taken...
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