Masutha blames SIU for lack of action against Bosasa
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha. Picture: Soraya Crowie/African News Agency Parliament - Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha on Wednesday said his department might have broken ties with Bosasa earlier and been able to recover money had the Special Investigating Unit given more detail in its report on the company a decade ago. Briefing Parliament's portfolio committee on justice, Masutha faulted the SIU on two counts.
Steve Swart from the African Christian Democratic Party put it to Masutha that the department had the power to blacklist companies, but failed to act on the SIU report until such time that testimony before the Zondo commission forced it to instigate an investigation. "Suddenly we have the Zondo commission, suddenly we have an investigation.
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