EFF dismisses claims Malema blocked Khan’s appearance before ad-hoc committee

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Secretary-General, Leigh-Anne Mathys, has dismissed claims by the MK Party’s, Vusi Shongwe, that EFF leader, Julius Malema, blocked the appearance of  suspended Crime Intelligence Major-General, Feroz Khan, before Parliament’s ad hoc committee.

Shongwe, who serves on the committee investigating allegations of corruption within the country’s criminal justice system, made the allegations during his testimony before the Madlanga Commission this week.

He claimed that although the EFF had initially included Khan on its list of proposed witnesses, Malema later opposed the move, arguing there was no need for Khan to appear before the committee.

Shongwe said he was surprised by Malema’s alleged objection, claiming several committee members had presented compelling reasons for Khan to be called as a witness.

Speaking after the committee meeting, Mathys rejected the allegations, saying Shongwe had misrepresented the committee’s work and brought Parliament into disrepute.

She said the EFF would consider whether to refer Shongwe to Parliament’s Ethics Committee over his conduct.

Mathys also rejected suggestions that Malema could have influenced the outcome of the committee’s deliberations.

​“I mean, he even went as far as saying he only got allocated 10 minutes to speak. He’s an alternate member; for us to even have those 10 minutes, it wasn’t something that he was entitled to do.”

“So those are things that we will discuss and also whether he should actually appear in the ethics committee for not necessarily going to the commission but for the way he presented and characterised what happened with Major General Khan.”

The EFF has previously explained that its decision to withdraw support for Khan’s appearance before the committee was informed by the testimony of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

During his evidence, Mkhwanazi said he had found no wrongdoing on Khan’s part and argued that the South African Police Service (SAPS) owed Khan “a debt of gratitude” for the work he had done.

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“I could not find a single wrongdoing by General Khan. In fact, I stated in my own words that the SAPS owes General Khan for what he did, because he stopped police officers who had come to collect drugs under the authority of the then head of traffic routing.”… pic.twitter.com/tfqFiRav7M

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The committee is expected to submit its final report on 16 July, before it is tabled in Parliament later this month.