MP financial disclosures: ANC Chief Whip should set an example
The ANC Chief Whip Mathole Motshekga must take a harder line with members of parliament (MPs) who do not meet deadlines for the declaration of their interests.
Considering Motshekga also missed the 23 August deadline he must not allow this to cloud his judgement on this issue.
The register of members' interests was presented to the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members Interests this week. This register is released once a year and lists gifts to MPs and their business interests - such as directorships, property ownerships and shareholding in companies.
This register allows the public, media and civil society to monitor potential conflicts of interest which may arise from valuable gifts and business activities of members of parliament.
The Ethics Committee adopted the register and resolved to publish the names of those MPs who have missed the deadline. The names were included in the committee report tabled in parliament on Wednesday.