Nomvula Mokonyane won’t be sworn in Parliament
Another huge ANC presence will miss Parliament today, and it’s likely that Nomvula Mokonyane will be joining David Mabuza on the scrapheap.
The ANC have confirmed that another controversial representative has had their swearing-in ceremony postponed on Wednesday, ahead of the first sitting of the sixth Parliament. Nomvula Mokonyane will not assume her newly appointed “chair of chairs” position, completing a whirlwind week for the politician. It is understood that Nomvula Mokonyane voluntarily withdrew her name from the list of MPs heading to Parliament. It’s yet to be established if the outgoing minister is set to face any disciplinary proceedings from the ANC hierarchy.
The Parliament Chair of Chairpersons is meant to implement policies, directives and guidelines with regards to scheduling and coordination of committee meetings. This also includes general management of all National Assembly committees and subcommittees.
Mokonyane was pencilled in to oversee several committee programs and ensure that concerns from the public are attended to. But, just 48 hours after she was officially unveiled, her future in government hangs by a thread.
After being given a role to govern the behaviour of other ANC bigwigs, it seems there’s been a change of heart somewhere down the line. The news comes less than an hour after we learned that David Mabuza will also skip the swearing-in ceremony, meaning that he won’t officially assume the deputy presidency.
Mabuza has been called out for “bringing the ANC into disrepute” by the party’s Integrity Commission, and he has decided to push Parliamentary business to one side in a bid to clear his name. Whether he will be successful – or even return to office – remains to be seen.
Mokonyane would be leaving behind an underwhelming legacy as a Parliamentarian. She’s been blamed for running the Water and Sanitation ministry into the ground and most recently, she was accused of receiving multiple bribes from the corrupt security services company Bosasa.
Former executive Angelo Agrizzi accused “Mama Action” of accepting R300 000 in illicit payments, as well as having Bosasa officials cover her massive grocery bills. Her time in Parliament looks set to end under a cloud.
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Source: IOL
