STATE CAPTURE INQUIRY
Committee MPs want probe to stick to terms of Madonsela
Parliament’s portfolio committee on justice stressed on Thursday that the terms of reference of the inquiry into state capture had to be limited to former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report. This echoed comments by the chairman of the judicial commission of inquiry, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, who told journalists on Tuesday that Madonsela’s report should be "imported" into the inquiry’s terms of reference. The terms are expected to be released by the Department of Justice on Thursday and the commission is expected to be gazetted soon after. The terms of reference will determine the scope of Zondo’s commission of inquiry. Concerns have been raised that the broadening of the terms of reference, as suggested by President Jacob Zuma in his statement establishing the commission, would lead to a lengthy investigation that could potentially "muddy the waters" and mask the allegations that Madonsela probed. These included the manipulation of board appointmen...
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