KHAYA SITHOLE: Phala Phala saga descends into confusion
SA’s accountability mechanisms for financial crimes and transgressions need serious revisions
28 November 2024 - 05:00
This week the EFF took to the Constitutional Court to revive the Phala Phala saga, which lingers as a point of confusion for most citizens.
This approach to the courts is based on what the EFF and other political parties regard as a failure by the then-ANC dominated parliament to hold an exhaustive inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s version of what happened at his game farm. By blocking that motion, the ANC is accused of having reverted to its old habits of neutering parliament by leveraging its majority to kill accountability. ..
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