Ramaphosa defends his own and ANC’s failure of oversight
The president told the commission that the party did not block the parliamentary oversight demanded by the constitution
29 April 2021 - 12:21
President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is testifying for a second day at the Zondo commission, insisted that the ANC in parliament was merely slow in responding to allegations of state capture, rebuffing claims that the organisation had blocked the parliamentary oversight demanded by the constitution.
At the time when multiple allegations had surfaced in the media, Ramaphosa was both the leader of government business and head of the ANC’s political committee — a subcommittee of the national executive — which directs the ruling party’s caucus...
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