Deputy President David Mabuza was answering oral questions from Members of Parliament in the National Assembly on Thursday afternoon.

Cabinet said that South Africa was still an attractive investment destination and has welcomed increased interest by prospective investors.

Former President Jacob Zuma told the commission that Fikile Mbalula had attended a meeting with Johann Rupert, where the businessman told Mbalula that if Zuma removed Pravin Gordhan as Finance Minister, he would shut down the economy of the country.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said an immediate priority was the urgent implementation of interventions to deal with the struggling Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa.

This came almost a year after the South African Reserve Bank published a forensic report into the collapse of VBS Mutual Bank that blew the lid on how it was looted of nearly R2 billion.

In the North West, which has been rocked by service delivery protests, some municipalities would go up to 40 days without paying employee salaries.

Eskom is struggling to service its debt and needs help from the fiscus and the R17 billion under consideration today is part of the R23 billion that Treasury allocated to the utility to help it get by.

The organisation said Parliament should not waste any more time and begin proceedings to have the Public Protector impeached.

DA leader Mmusi Maimane made the call at a media briefing soon after Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane released her report on Ramaphosa.

The two were sacked by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the recommendation of the Mokgoro commission which investigated whether the pair were fit for their jobs.

Julius Malema said the EFF would counter any campaign in support of Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan by the SACP.

The State Security Agency has joined the war against gangsterism and wants more individuals linked to organised crime prosecuted.

President Ramaphosa made the announcement during his Presidency budget vote speech in the National Assembly on Wednesday.

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola gave an update on the investigation before delivering his budget speech on Wednesday morning.

Minister Thoko Didiza on Tuesday tabled the department’s budget and one for the Department of Fisheries and Forestry, which is also under her leadership.

Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has tabled her department’s R16 billion budget vote on Tuesday where she promised to clean up the department which had run out of money last year.

The Presidency budget vote will cover the work of Ramaphosa's office as the nerve centre of government, overseeing the programme of action of all national government departments.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize’s budget vote came a day after Cabinet announced that it had approved the National Health Insurance Bill.