Report by Moerane Commission into KZN’s political killings could take another month
The provincial legislature needs to process the commission’s report, after which it will go to the premier’s portfolio committee for recommendations
Despite the spectre of political killings still looming large‚ it could take another month for the keenly awaited Moerane Commission report to be made public. The findings of the commission into political killings — which have ravaged KwaZulu-Natal and turned the province into killing fields reminiscent of the 1980s — are still being considered by political principals in the province. KwaZulu-Natal premier Willies Mchunu‚ who received the Moerane Commission of Inquiry report into political killings in the province in June‚ handed it over to the provincial legislature to process. Only after that will it be tabled before the premier’s portfolio committee. Once the report has been tabled before the committee‚ it will handed back to Mchunu‚ albeit this time with recommendations attached. But the process doesn’t end there: Mchunu will then have 21 days to consider the portfolio committee’s recommendations before finally releasing the report to the public. Mchunu’s spokesperson Thami Ngid...
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