What is there to investigate, Mogoeng asks EFF council, over call for Nkandla probe
Opposition parties have approached the Constitutional court for an order compelling Parliament to order a probe into Jacob Zuma’s conduct over the Nkandla saga
On Tuesday, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng grilled the EFF’s legal counsel on the need for a Parliamentary investigation into Nkandla, when the Constitutional Court and the public protector had already pronounced on the matter. It was also disclosed that National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete had conceded, in an affidavit on Monday, that it was within her power to set up a multiparty Parliamentary committee to look into the Nkandla matter. The EFF, the UDM, the Congress of the People (COPE) and the DA have approached the court for an order compelling Parliament to order an investigation into President Jacob Zuma’s conduct over the Nkandla matter, with a view to determining whether his conduct warranted an impeachment. Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi for the EFF argued that there had not been scrutiny of Zuma’s conduct by Parliament, despite prima facie evidence of misconduct on his part. He argued that the National Assembly and Mbete as its head, had a responsibility to hold the executi...
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