The ANC has reappointed a friendly opponent, African People's Convention president Themba Godi, as chair of the important public accounts committee.

Vusi Pikoli insisted on Tuesday that the report of former speaker Frene Ginwala into his fitness to hold office vindicated his integrity.

The hearings of the parliamentary committee trying to decide whether or not Vusi Pikoli was rightly sacked got under way on Wednesday.

Property will be expropriated if it is in the public interest, according to the draft Expropriation Bill tabled on Wednesday. "Expropriation in the public interest ... provides government with a tool to achieve ... land reform," according to a memorandum attached to the Bill. This will broaden the scope of expropriation from the current narrow term of "public purpose".