I’m going to roast rogue Minister Mosebenzi Zwane today in Parliament

7 September 2016

We can confirm that the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, has agreed to my request for an urgent question to the Minister of Mineral Resources, Mosebenzi Zwane, today in Parliament.

I will, therefore, be putting the Minister in the political hot seat this afternoon by asking him an urgent question as follows: "Whether, in the light of his controversial statement, dated 01 September 2016, concerning his recommendation that a Judicial Commission of Inquiry be established to investigate the termination of contractual relationships by certain financial institutions with Oakbay Investments (Pty) Ltd, the minister will resign; if so, when; if not, why not?"

The Minister faces a roasting - and deserves to be roasted - for allowing the Guptas to hijack the Executive to carry out an investigation into financial institutions, National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank.

We can only hope that he saves himself the embarrassment by replying, “yes, with immediate effect”, today in Parliament.

So far as I am aware, this is the first time that the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, has agreed to an urgent question in this Parliament. 

Issued by David Maynie, DA Shadow Minister of Finance, 7 September 2016