Chairperson, the ID has noted with interest that the ANC is now working on a policy to force members to disclose their business interests. Good luck with that.
The ANC needs to assure the public that they will root out all conflicts of interest in their midst, including those of Ministers and the ruling party itself. Unfortunately, your words ring hollow on this issue. In 2004, the ANC assured the High Court that they would soon bring legislation to Parliament to regulate the private funding of political parties; we are still waiting.
In the meantime, the ANC has continued to siphon off funds from public entities for its own benefit; Oilgate is an example. Now, we can see that the ANC is prepared to profit from the misery of our people by deriving billions of rand from the proposed crippling electricity price increase. In 2008, the treasurer-general of the ANC recognised the immorality of this when he said that the ANC will divest their shares in Hitachi. Once again, we are still waiting. The ID wants to see real action on this issue, not this hypocritical doublespeak that does nothing to address the real conflicts of interest in our democracy.