By Thabo Mokone – 

President Jacob Zuma’s controversial Nkandla homestead will finally come under parliamentary scrutiny after the green light was given to establish another ad hoc committee.

Parliament yesterday resolved to set up the committee, with ANC chief whip Stone Sizani saying he was “giving a blank cheque” to the DA and other opposition parties to deal with Zuma’s response to the public protector’s report on the R246-million “security upgrade” to his Nkandla home..

Earlier, his DA counterpart, John Steenhuisen, objected to Sizani’ s draft resolution that the ad hoc committee only concentrate on the response Zuma filed last week, limiting the scope of the investigation.

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