MINERAL Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane will be asked in Parliament on Wednesday whether he will resign in the light of his "rogue" comments last week on the banking sector, which got him a rebuke by President Jacob Zuma.Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete has agreed to a request by DA finance spokesperson David Maynier to be allowed to pose the urgent question to the minister.Zwane purported to speak on behalf of the Cabinet when he issued a statement saying that it had resolved to set up a judicial commission of inquiry, to investigate the termination of the contractual relationships by certain financial institutions with the Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments.READ THIS: Mosebenzi Zwane must answer to ‘bank probe’ debacle, DA saysZuma thereafter issued a statement saying this was Zwane’s personal view, not that of the Cabinet.Maynier said he would ask the minister whether he would resign, and if not, why not. "The minister faces a roasting — and deserves to be roasted — f...
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