#Bosasagate: DA to submit latest allegations against Vincent Smith to ethics committee
22 January 2019
The DA will be submitting a supplementary affidavit to Parliament’s Ethics Committee detailing the latest allegations against ANC MP, Vincent Smith, relating to payments he received from Bosasa.
The DA first referred Smith to the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests in September 2018 when it emerged that he allegedly received security upgrades and other benefits from Bosasa over a three year period starting 2015.
Testimony from former Bosasa COO, Angelo Agrizzi, at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture detailed how Smith was also paid R100,000 a month, allegedly for influencing committees at Parliament.
Vincent Smith previously served as chairperson for the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General, as well as the crucial Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties and the Joint Constitutional Review Committee. He is currently set to serve on the Ad Hoc Committee to Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution.