CAPE TOWN, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Members of Parliament (MPs) from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) will play their "robust oversight" on the government without creating tensions, ANC's newly appointed Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina said on Tuesday.
Those in the ANC's caucus are not "lame ducks" heading into the new parliamentary term, Majodina said after the ANC Parliamentary Caucus met for the first time in the 6th term of Parliament.
The meeting was convened by the National Office Bearers of the ANC to welcome the newly elected public representatives and to communicate the decision of the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) on the caucus leadership and the executive leadership.
Majodina was announced as ANC Chief Whip by the NEC on Monday.
Emerging from Tuesday's meeting, Majodina said ANC MPs will rise to the occasion and rise to the mandate the ANC has given them to be in Parliament.
"People must live by the values of the ANC and make sure we represent our people and that is what we will be expecting from all of them. They must move faster and better. We don't have time to play around," Majodina said.
South Africa's new parliament, the 6th since the end of apartheid in 1994, will be sworn in on Wednesday.
The ANC garnered 57.51 percent of the votes in the May 8 general elections, maintaining its dominance in Parliament but with a reduced majority.
