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Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo made the remarks after asking the former chairman of Parliament’s prison services portfolio, Vincent Smith, if Parliament really had the power to control ministers and departments.
FILE: The Vice President of the Supreme Court Zondo during the first public hearing on the allegations of state capture in Johannesburg on August 20, 2018. Image: AFP
JOHANNESBURG – The chairman of the state’s capture investigation, Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo, said the corruption of COVID-19 was terrifying and showed that those who did something wrong knew nothing would happen to them.
Zondo made the remarks after asking the former chairman of Parliament’s portfolio of correctional services, Vincent Smith, if Parliament really had the power to control ministers and departments.
“It’s like you say, nothing will happen. We can continue normally because nothing is going to happen and that may be because they look around and ask, what has happened to whom?
Former ANC MP Smith is on commission to testify about the more than R500,000 he received from Bosasa and the alleged installation of security cameras at his home.
Smith said his relationship with the late Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson predated his tenure in Parliament and was unaware of Watson’s relationship with Bosasa.
He said he went to Parliament for the first time in 1999 and was chairman of the prison services portfolio committee since 2009.
“We asked questions as a department. We engage with them, we also engage with stakeholders so that we, as members of Parliament, are aware of the issue, be it prison services or justice. But that, in essence, was our job, but also to pass laws and pass the budget. “
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