Lekganyane calls for integrity amid Mkhwanazi allegations

ANC MP Soviet Lekganyane yesterday called on MPs to do their work in the name of South Africans when they investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

- MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

“All the eyes of the people of the Republic are on this committee, and all the hopes of the people of this country are on us. Wherever there could have been unscrupulous activities, South Africans will want to hear us rise into the occasion speaking on their behalf,” Lekganyane said.

He made the statement when he was elected unopposed as the chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee following his nomination by ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli and seconded by IFP MP Albert Mncwango.

EFF MP Julius Malema turned down a nomination by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, saying: “I am not available.”

Lekganyane thanked the MPs for showing confidence when they elected him as the chairperson. He noted that previous surveys showed that South Africans were losing confidence in public institutions, including Parliament.

Lekganyane said the last survey by Afrobarometer showed the confidence level of South Africans in Parliament was standing at 27%.