DEMOCRATIC Alliance (DA) Chief Whip Siviwe Gwarube on Monday said the party will be writing to Parliament Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to act on the recommendations outlined in Chief Justice Raymond Zondo’s State capture report.
The DA said an action plan must be developed to action the wide-ranging recommendations of the judicial commission.
On Sunday President Cyril Ramaphosa briefed the nation on government’s responses to the recommendations.
Gwarube accused Ramaphosa of being unclear on how government planned to “insulate government processes from grand theft” and added that Parliament must act as the last line of defence.
“The President simply provided an analysis of the Zondo Judicial Commission Report instead of stating what the executive he leads intends to do to insulate government processes from grand theft again,” said Gwarube.
In addition, she explained that nothing was said about bolstering capacity to do the kind of investigative work that was needed to prosecute those who plundered public money.
Ironically,
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