After the parliamentary motion was adopted, appropriate draft legislation was presented to the National Assembly with a view to putting the proposal into effect. However, it immediately became clear that the idea of a declaration of assets was not as popular among our MPs as their unanimous support for the motion had implied. The MPs were unhappy about some aspects of the proposed legislation, such as making the proposed legislation applicable to the assets of spouses, children, paramours etc. Yet the effectiveness of the proposed legislation would be significantly reduced without such a requirement. The MPs therefore returned the Bill to its drafters for the necessary amendments. If my memory serves me correctly, this was the last that anyone saw of the Bill.
Since then, the media occasionally raised questions about progress on the Bill, and the government's standard response was something to the effect that it was being amended. A few years ago, a private radio station interviewed many MPs about the matter, and each of them expressed support for the initiative. Virtually all the MPs interviewed were at a loss as to the reason for the long delay in returning the Bill to parliament. I think Thebe Mogami was the government minister responsible for the Bill at the time, but I do not recall hearing any interview with him on the matter.
