Cape Town – National Coloured Congress (NCC) leader and Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams has been suspended from Parliament after allegedly breaching the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act.
The sanction prevents him from attending parliamentary meetings until later this month.
The suspension emerged on Wednesday during a meeting of Parliament’s Impeachment Committee, where members voted to appoint Advocate Thandazani Madonsela SC as the committee’s evidence leader. Adams was absent from the meeting after committee members were informed that he had already been suspended.
According to IOL, Adams faces three counts of fraud and two counts of defeating the administration of justice. The charges relate to allegations that he misrepresented his status and conducted unauthorised interviews with awaiting-trial inmates at Westville Prison during investigations into the 2017 murder of ANC Youth League leader Sindiso Magaqa.
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Adams is also expected to appear before the Madlanga Commission on 11 August, where he will be questioned about his possession and circulation of sensitive Crime Intelligence documents. He has maintained that the documents were “anonymously delivered” to his parliamentary office.
According to EWN, Adams’ absence from Wednesday’s committee meeting was not linked to his pending appearance before the Madlanga Commission or his recent arrest, but to a separate parliamentary sanction imposed earlier this year.
Committee Secretary Thembinkosi Ngema told members: “The NCC member has been suspended for 20 days with effect from 3 August. So, he’s not on the platform, and he will only be joining the committee once the suspension is done.”
EWN reported that Parliament imposed the 20-day suspension and salary deduction in December after Adams published the personal details of Democratic Alliance staff members on social media without their consent. It also noted that he had previously been suspended from the National Assembly for 15 days following a vulgar social media outburst.
During Wednesday’s meeting, African Transformation Movement MP Vuyo Zungula questioned why Adams had not participated in voting on the appointment of an evidence leader, before Ngema clarified that the suspension barred him from taking part in committee proceedings.
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Compiled by Glaan Sibuyi
