IFP accepts ANC offer to chair Scopa
The opposition party says it has asked Mkhuleko Hlengwa to take up the post as he has been an active member of the public accounts committee
21 June 2019 - 13:30
The IFP confirmed on Friday that it has accepted the ANC’s offer for it to chair parliament’s powerful standing committee on public accounts (Scopa).
Scopa is a key finance watchdog committee that closely monitors how ministers and senior government officials spend public funds. The position of chair is traditionally offered to smaller opposition parties. However, the DA, which is the main opposition party in parliament, was also eyeing the post after it offered the ANC a similar role in the Western Cape provincial legislature...
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