Residents affected by riots and looting 'deserve the full truth of why their lives and livelihoods were torn apart', says the DA.
into the recent unrest and riots in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal but wants security cluster ministers sacked.
The remarks were made by Dianne Kohler Barnard, DA shadow minister of state security, on Monday during a media briefing in which the party outlined its expectations for the inquiry. Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula initially disagreed with the president but made an about-turn after much criticism. State security minister Ayanda Dlodlo and police minister Bheki Cele also engaged in a public spat over an intelligence report by the State Security Agency on the unrest.
“Once an ad hoc committee is correctly established, the DA expects both the NCOP [National Council of Provinces] and National Assembly co-chairs to be members of the opposition; we expect the three ministers of the security cluster — Cele, Dlodlo and Mapisa-Nqakula — to be removed if the inquiry finds that they did indeed mislead the country regarding the insurrection; and the ‘redacted’ intelligence reports must be made public.