Parliament is suspending its programme to allow MPs to campaign for local government elections, likely to be held next month.
“Substantive matters should be given time and should be discussed in appropriate forums so that all of us at the end are satisfied with the manner we handle issues of this nature,” she said.
While the ANC's Majodina, her deputy Doris Dlakude and Hope Papo, the parliamentary counsellor to Deputy President David Mabuza, supported the proposal to delay the matters to November, EFF MPs took issue, saying it was important to debate the land expropriation report before the local government elections.
EFF MP Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi bluntly told the meeting that her party wanted to use the report to canvass votes ahead of the polls. “The land issue in SA is very critical and we want to know what is parliament's stand on expropriation of land without compensation, so as EFF we can go and campaign using that report and say to the people 'you see, these political parties don't deserve your vote'. I suggest [we] deal with it before the adjournment of parliament,” she said.MPs were told that the justice portfolio committee was seeking legal opinion on how to proceed on the Hlophe impeachment matter.
“We are going to defend our own. He is a black judge whom we understand is persecuted under the white arrogance of the judiciary in this country,” said Mkhaliphi.e Mulder, who said they were racist. Mkhaliphi was also told by Mapisa-Nqakula that the platform was not the right one for such comments.
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