State capture inquiry evidence leader has not acted fairly, says Lynne Brown’s ministry
The Ministry of Public Enterprises has accused the evidence leader in the public inquiry into state capture, being held by Parliament’s public enterprises committee, of procedural unfairness. The accusation is contained in a media statement released by the ministry on Tuesday. The evidence leader, advocate Nthuthuzela Vanara, is accused of failing to act in an ethical and professional manner. The ministry said the inquiry had failed to uphold the Promotion of Fair Administrative Justice Act and the Constitution. The statement cites as an example of this failure to uphold the standards of fairness and justice the evidence presented by suspended Eskom head of legal and compliance Suzanne Daniels, who told the committee last week that she had attended a meeting earlier this year at which Ajay Gupta, Gupta associate Salim Essa and Deputy Public Enterprises Minister Ben Martins were present. Martins has strongly denied he was present at the meeting. The procedural unfairness, the stateme...
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