National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has thoroughly discredited the institution.
Under her leadership, the National Assembly – and by extension Parliament – has lost its moral high ground as the ultimate representative of the people.
Parliament has failed to respect the laws that it has passed, including the supreme law of the land. The Constitutional Court judgment on Nkandla found that Parliament failed to act in accordance with the Constitution. Mbete, who is supposed to provide leadership and guidance to the institution, responded by doing nothing. For her it was business as usual.