South Africa: Nkandla Task Team Report Must Be Dealt With in an Open Committee

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In his letter to Parliament, Minister of Public Works, Thulas Nxesi, has requested that the Nkandla report be dealt with in an "appropriate structure" which will show regard to the "sensitive nature of the information in the report". This sounds very much like a request for the report to be handled behind closed doors.

Yesterday, the Speaker of the National Assembly announced that Minister Nxesi will table the report into the expenditure of Nkandla in the National Assembly. This comes after repeated calls by the DA to have this document made public and for the Nkandla scandal to be debated in Parliament.

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