{"id":51945,"date":"2026-03-07T15:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=51945"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:27:20","slug":"actionsa-parliament-presidency-committee-chair-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/07\/actionsa-parliament-presidency-committee-chair-election\/","title":{"rendered":"ActionSA to challenge ANC MP&#8217;s election as Presidency committee chairperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>For the first time, Parliament now has a committee that will perform oversight on the president.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>ActionSA is seeking to have the election of the parliamentary oversight committee on the Presidency\u2019s chairperson declared null and void.<\/p>\n<p>The move follows ANC deputy chief whip Doris Mpapane\u2019s election to the position, winning five out of 11 votes this week.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-actionsa-unhappy-over-presidency-committee-chair-election\">ActionSA unhappy over Presidency committee chair election<\/h2>\n<p>The vote came after newly established 11-member committee were unable to reach a consensus on a candidate during Thursday\u2019s proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The other contenders were ActionSA\u2019s Athol Trollip, who received four votes, and the DA\u2019s Baxolile Nodada, who received two votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite this clear irregularity, the DA and ANC support the irregular election result because they form part of the GNU that aligns around protecting the president from accountability in exchange for their luxuries and perks of international travel and blue lights brigades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActionSA will issue a letter to the speaker of the National Assembly to seek that the election is declared invalid and to force the committee, embarrassingly, to reconvene a third time to elect a candidate,\u201d ActionSA national chairperson Micheal Beaumont said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CDE DORIS MPAPANE ELECTED CHAIRPERSON OF PRESIDENCY COMMITTEE\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ANC Caucus congratulates the newly elected Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on the Presidency. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N1xRvjTNhv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/N1xRvjTNhv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANC Parliament (@ANCParliament) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANCParliament\/status\/2029617292422664623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: Ipid\u2019s Phala Phala report no longer secret \u2026 but there\u2019s a catch <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-can-anc-hold-the-president-accountable\">Can ANC hold the president accountable?<\/h3>\n<p>Beaumont said he does not believe that an ANC chairperson will be able to hold President Cyril Ramaphosa and his deputy, Paul Mashatile, accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis committee chaired by the ANC will have zero prospect of real accountability. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, ActionSA\u2019s legal challenge to the speaker will likely declare the result invalid and give the DA the chance to do the right thing, for the third time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Beaumont is critical of the DA because they refused to support Trollip for the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpposition parties united behind ActionSA parliamentary leader, and veteran of parliament, Athol Trollip supporting the rationale that the committee on the presidency should not be chaired by a party in the GNU if there is going to be real accountability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: Ramaphosa\u2019s breakaway to Mauritius was \u2018no secret,\u2019 Presidency says<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-da-reacts\">DA reacts<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, DA chief whip George Michalakis told <em>The Citizen<\/em> that while the DA was not in support of an ANC candidate being elected, the party also did not want to back Trollip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA vote for him would have been as good as a vote for the uMkhonto weSizwe party. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DA therefore had no option but to field our own candidate, deputy chief whip Bax Nodada. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Nodada was sadly unsuccessful, but the DA proudly stood by the principles which we made clear from the start and we respect the democratic process that subsequently unfolded, albeit not ideal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now will use this committee, which the DA spearheaded, to hold the president and the presidency accountable. We wish the new chairperson well,\u201d said Michalakis.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli contended that the ANC is just as capable as any other political party to hold Ramaphosa and Mashatile to account.<\/p>\n<p>But past events have showed that the ANC closes ranks when its leaders in parliament face serious transgressions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW READ:  Mashaba\u2019s message to Zille on wayward councillors: \u2018The sooner she takes these people, the better\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p>Add The Citizen as a Preferred Source on Google and follow us on Google News to see more of our trusted reporting in Google News and Top Stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#ActionSA #challenge #ANC #MPs #election #Presidency #committee #chairperson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, Parliament now has a committee that will perform oversight on the president. 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