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Ministers and DGs would attend ANC study groups, the Zondo commission has heard from former ANC MP Zukiswa Rantho.
The ANC caucus in
the Fourth Parliament also didn t discuss allegations of corruption and undue influence that were in the public domain.
Party leaders sometimes prevented MPs from probing politically sensitive matters.
ANC MPs would caucus with ministers and directors-general before meetings in which they were expected to hold them accountable, a former ANC MP testified at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture.
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The first person to testify before the commission on Tuesday was former ANC MP Zukiswa Rantho, who chaired the National Assembly s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises.
He was chief whip of the ANC from 2016 to May 2019.
Parties and MPs lauded him for his integrity and service to the country.
The death of Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu, shocked and saddened MPs from both sides of the House.
Mthembu, chief whip of the ANC in the National Assembly from 2016 to 2019, died from Covid-19 related complications on Thursday, after testing positive for the virus. In the passing of Mr Mthembu, South Africa has lost a passionate and fiercely vocal freedom fighter. He was a patriotic South African and a strong defender of constitutional democracy. He was a dependable reservoir of knowledge and wisdom, particularly on the workings of the legislative arm of the state, which he served for years at provincial and national levels in various capacities, said Parliament s presiding officers, Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise and Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces Amos Masondo.
Mr. Maxwell Kofi Jumah: A Twinkle, Twinkle Big Star Shining Over GIHOC
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.”
One recalls vividly, the lines of the above poem we used to recite or the lyrics of the above song we were singing in primary school days. This poem or song has been credited to an English Novelist, a Poet and Lyricist by name Jane Taylor who walked the earth from September 13, 1783 to April 23, 1824.