Parliament is under scrutiny – again – this time regarding how its ANC majority moves to protect a president over the buffalo-sale, dollar-stuffed sofa cushions at Phala Phala.
In the Nkandla saga, Parliament was “inconsistent with the Constitution”, according to the Constitutional Court in March 2016, after it, on the back of the ANC, overturned the Public Protector’s decision and absolved then president Jacob Zuma from repaying anything for so-called security upgrades, including a “fire pool”.
In legal papers, Ramaphosa asks that the report be declared invalid and set aside because it was “flawed”; the panel had misdirected itself, overstepped its brief and failed its constitutional duties. Some of that became a little clearer when Sky News tracked down Mustafa Mohamed Ibrahim Hazim, who was still waiting for a refund for the buffalo that were never delivered., and the only thing the Hawks recently said was that they have now collected 68 statements.
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