Parliament to call Masutha, Cele and Mbalula to explain problems with prosecuting state capture cases
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha and Police Minister Bheki Cele, together with former police minister Fikile Mbalula, are to be called to Parliament to address challenges with regard to the prosecution of state capture cases.They will be asked to appear before a joint meeting of the portfolio committee on justice and correctional services and the portfolio committee on police.The decision to call the ministers and former minister follows the joint meeting the two committees held with the head of the National Prosecuting Authority, Shaun Abrahams, and the acting head of the Hawks, Lt-Gen Yolisa Makataka, on Wednesday to deal with obstacles in the investigation and prosecution of state capture cases.Members of the two committees were not satisfied with the answers Abrahams and Makataka gave, saying they were "inadequate and did not assist Parliament in its work to restore public perceptions that these entities are operating in the best interests of the countr...
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