Ad hoc committee on state capture must be set up by October 31, Maimane urges
The DA wants the National Assembly to establish a parliamentary ad hoc committee on state capture by no later than the end of October, failing which it will go to court to force it to do so. DA leader Mmusi Maimane has written to speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete, asking her to ensure that the party’s draft resolution establishing the ad hoc committee be placed on the order paper by no later than October 31. He has called on her to show the "leadership and direction" in the matter as befits her role. In addition the DA has asked Mbete to establish a disciplinary committee to investigate breaches of duty and oaths of office by five ministers: Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba; Public Service and Administration Minister Faith Muthambi (when she was minister of communications); Local Government and Co-operation Minister Des van Rooyen; Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane. They have been implicated in wrongdoing in former publi...
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