Mosebenzi Zwane calls in sick, holding up MPs’ work on state capture allegations
Parliament’s mineral resources committee wants to talk to the minister before deciding how to deal with allegations, but this will now happen only next year
A decision by Parliament’s mineral resources committee on how to deal with allegations of state capture in the sector has been held back by the unavailability of Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane. The committee has wanted to engage with the minister before working out how to approach the allegations. This follows an instruction made several months ago by National Assembly chairperson Cedric Frolick that several portfolio committees deal with the state capture allegations in their areas. So far only the public enterprises committee has launched an inquiry, and the transport committee is also engaging with the issues. Zwane was due to appear before the mineral resources committee on Tuesday but could not make it due to illness. He has also previously been unavailable. The committee held its last meeting on Wednesday so the minister will not be making an appearance before it this year. Parliament goes into recess on Thursday. DA MP Hendrik Schmidt said at the committee meeting...
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