# Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence has elected the ANC’s Mzimasi Hala as its new co-chairperson, following the unexpected and unexplained removal of Malusi Gigaba from the position. Hala was elected with six votes to two, while the EFF abstained. Gigaba faces fraud and corruption charges linked to the Transnet tender for over one-thousand locomotives that cost the government more than 54-billion-rand. The ANC’s Windy Plaatjies says the party doesn’t owe an explanation, as this is an internal matter.
ANC’s Malusi Gigaba removed as Parliament’s Defence Committee co-chairperson without explanation