The DA is to ask the National Assembly to vote on the establishment of an ad hoc committee of inquiry to investigate all the allegations of state capture, including those revealed in the leaked e-mails. The DA is hoping the matter will be put to the vote on Thursday and all MPs — including those of the ANC — will support it. The DA believes Parliament is the best placed to probe the allegations made against a number of Cabinet ministers, senior executives and board members of state-owned enterprises, and government officials. DA chief whip John Steenhuisen said at a media briefing on Monday that there had been an "absolutely staggering" lack of action by Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and national director of public prosecutions Shaun Abrahams about the allegations. He was hopeful the chief whips’ forum, representing all parties in Parliament, would reach consensus at its meeting on Wednesday on the DA’s draft resolution, which calls for the establishment of an ad hoc committee...
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