Posts for February 2021
1 February 2021
The ANC in Parliament should not “scapegoat” the party’s former president Jacob Zuma, after knowing for so long that state capture was happening, without taking responsibility for its nonaction. This was said by DA chief whip Natasha Mazzone as she concluded her evidence before the commission of inquiry into state capture on Monday.
Parliament failed by the ANC, MPs tell Zondo
2 February 2021
Former ANC MP Zukiswa Rantho admitted before the commission of inquiry into state capture on Tuesday that divisions within the party’s parliamentary caucus led to a delay in an investigation into state capture.
Push-back from ANC led to delays in SOE probe
2 February 2021
In the latest round of public exchanges between former president Jacob Zuma and the chairperson of the commission of inquiry into state capture, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, the latter has condemned public remarks from Zuma saying that he would once again defy a summons to appear before him two weeks from now.
Zondo says Zuma not above the law, must appear
4 February 2021
Former ANC MP Makhosi Khoza did not hold back in her evidence before the commission of inquiry into state capture on Thursday, detailing how the leadership of the party controlled how its caucus took big decisions in Parliament.
ANC MPs under Luthuli House control, says Khoza
8 February 2021
Deputy minister of transport Dikeledi Magadzi has told the commission of inquiry into state capture that in 2016, when the DA put forward a motion in Parliament to launch an investigation into state capture, she would tow the party line in her voting. She testified on Monday.
‘I will always make sure I toe the party line,’ says deputy minister to Zondo
8 February 2021
Former ANC MP Vincent Smith says Parliament’s funding model must be given attention, if its role of oversight is to be taken seriously, among other solutions. He appeared before the commission of inquiry into state capture on Monday.
Embattled Smith offers solutions to parly oversight faults
15 February 2021
Former president Jacob Zuma could find himself serving jail time if found to have been in contempt of the Constitutional Court by not appearing before the state capture commission on Monday.
Zondo to ask for Zuma to be thrown behind bars
18 February 2021
From the appointment processes of senior government leaders, to a renewed approach in the fight against corruption, the commission of inquiry into state capture heard from civil society and research institutions on Thursday on ways that these objectives could be achieved.
Civil society pointers on oversight for Zondo
22 February 2021
Former president Jacob Zuma did not lobby for the reinstatement of Lucky Montana to his position as CEO at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) in 2015, as the agency’s former chairperson Popo Molefe said before the state capture commission last year.
Zuma didnt root for Montanas return says Peters
22 February 2021
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has asked that former president Jacob Zuma be given a two year imprisonment term, should the Constitutional Court find him in contempt of its ruling relating to his appearance before the state capture commission earlier this month.
Zondo asks Concourt for two-year jail time for Zuma
23 February 2021
Former parliamentary house chairperson of committees Cedric Frolick has told the state capture commission that the reason Parliament did not pursue an investigation into state capture in 2016 was because the Public Protector had already started one.
Parly state capture probe would have undermined PP, says Frolick
23 February 2021
Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) chairperson Popo Molefe has made a proposal before the state capture commission that it consider, when making its recommendations, ensuring that politicians separate themselves from the process of appointing executives of state-owned companies.
Finger pointing at commission over Prasa woes
24 February 2021
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has instructed the secretary of the state capture commission to urgently issue its third police complaint, this time to Auswell Mashaba, a former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) contractor.
Zondo issues police complaint against defiant Prasa contractor
24 February 2021
Former state security minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba says the practice of ANC study groups in Parliament needs a re-look, as they hamper the oversight capacity of portfolio committees.
Study groups hinder parliament oversight says former minister
25 February 2021
The state capture commission’s week of evidence related to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) saw everything from damming revelations of political meddling in the agency’s affairs, to money flows evidence relating to the controversial R3.5-billion locomotives tender, and sheer defiance from the man at the centre of it all, who finds himself on the wrong side of the law for refusing to appear.
