Mystery of 'missing' copies of constitution plays out again in parliament

DA MP Natasha Mazzone raised the matter in the same committee two weeks ago. She revealed at the time that she, along with other MPs, could not get copies of the leather-bound document as they were told that"all the constitutions had been stolen".

Speaker Thandi Modise vowed that parliament would get to the bottom of the matter and warned those who might have stolen the copies"to return them before parliament went after them". On Thursday, Mazzone, who is yet to receive a copy of the document, requested an update on the investigation, and Xaso gave his explanation.Xaso then revealed the existence of the 105 copies.

"There was just a misunderstanding in terms of where some of those were allocated at the time. There was a boxful that was not made available. I am advised those are available and we will distribute them to members who haven't received copies," he said. ANC MP Clarah Dikgale was more concerned that the minutes of the last meeting stated"members stole the constitution".Modise defended the minutes of last week's meeting, saying they had to reflect the report that"some members took the constitution and we had very strong words for that".

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