Jan Gerber | Parliament Speaker playing the 'majority card' shows Zondo was right

In addressing concerns about Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's remark that Parliament would fail to prevent state capture if it were to reoccur, National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, in playing the "majority card", illustrated why Zondo was correct, writes parliamentary reporter Jan Gerber.

More than a year after the release of the final instalment of the Zondo Commission's report and Parliament doesn't have a single thing it can show indicating that it could prevent state capture were it to reoccur.

Yet, when Chief Justice Raymond Zondo expressed his concern in this regard two weeks ago, Parliament's presiding officers – National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and National Council of Provinces chairperson Amos Masondo – expressed their collective shock.