Now it’s up to ANC MPs
The ruling party’s top decision-making body has once again failed to act against Jacob Zuma. The spotlight will now fall on its members of parliament — and later, on its elective conference in December
The ANC national executive committee might have finally accepted a proposal by President Jacob Zuma to set up a judicial commission of inquiry into state capture, but there are many reasons why this is problematic. After all, Zuma, his son Duduzane and a coterie of his ministers are at the centre of the state-capture storm. He is too deeply conflicted to carry out his constitutionally mandated function of appointing a judicial commission of inquiry. This is why former public protector Thuli Madonsela, in her report titled State of Capture, said Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng should appoint the commission — which should investigate the influence of the Gupta family over the Zuma administration. On Monday, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said the NEC had not discussed Madonsela’s report during its weekend meeting. But there is another problem: Zuma’s administration does not have a particularly good track record when it comes to judicial commissions. He appointed one to look into t...
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