Didiza instructs Parly committees to ensure inquiry recommendations, other reports speedily implemented
Parliament has come under fire for its handling of the recommendations of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, with former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo having criticised Parliament’s tardiness in the past.
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza delivered Parliament’s budget vote address in the Good Hope Chamber on 15 July 2025. Picture: Parliament/Phando Jikelo
CAPE TOWN - National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza said that she had given parliamentary committees the instruction to ensure the recommendations of commissions of inquiry and other reports were implemented speedily.
Parliament has come under fire for its handling of the recommendations of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, with former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo having criticised Parliament’s tardiness in the past.
Delivering Parliament's budget plan for the year ahead, Didiza said on Tuesday that Parliament would go as far back as the 2007 Asmal Report on Chapter 9 institutions in its endeavours to ensure recommendations are implemented.
As the country braces for the establishment of another commission of inquiry, this time into corruption within the South African Police Services (SAPS), Didiza is pledging not to let the recommendations of former inquiries and panels gather more dust.
She said that Parliament was determined to deal with these legacy matters, particularly from the fifth and sixth administrations.
Didiza said that Parliament had, over the past year, been engaging all the institutions impacted by the Asmal Report, which recommended merging human rights institutions, to also address the different processes involved in appointing the heads of these institutions.
She said that the 2017 Motlanthe Report on the assessment of key legislation was also under consideration.
"We will follow up with committees to assess where the implementation of such recommendations is, and if any had not been dealt with, how the committees plan to deal with it going forward."
Didiza noted that Parliament has passed two finance laws aimed at combatting money laundering and terror financing, as recommended by the Zondo commission of inquiry.