Sending out SABC report without recommendations is an ANC ploy, DA says
The DA’s Phumzile van Damme says the decision not to include recommendations in the draft report on the SABC crisis is to shield people from accountability
Parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the crisis at the SABC has resolved to adopt and send out its draft report to affected parties without including the recommendations section, despite vehement objections by the DA. DA MPs in the committee strongly argued for the recommendations to be included in the draft report "in the interest of fairness". Zuraya Adhikarie, Parliament’s legal adviser, had told the committee earlier that it would be "problematic" to include the recommendations in the draft report as this could be seen as pre-judging the matter. "[We] must have all facts and consider all the information before a decision is made [on the recommendations]. This [sending the report to affected parties to comment] is the start of such a process," said Adhikarie. DA MP Mike Waters dismissed the legal advice saying it was only fair to include the recommendations. "The recommendations must be included in the draft report that will be sent to affected parties. The recommendations ...
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