Cape Town - Parliament's ethics committee has requested additional documentation in an effort to take further its probe into whether Deputy President Jacob Zuma breached the institution's code of conduct for MPs.

Briefing the media after a committee meeting of almost three hours on Monday afternoon, committee chair Luwellyn Landers declined to elaborate on the documents requested.

The committee expected to be in a position to hold a further meeting on the issue next week, he said.

The committee is looking into, among other things, whether Zuma breached the code by not properly disclosing his business interests and other benefits on the register of members' interests.

These allegedly include a series of payments totalling over R1m from his financial advisor and Durban businessman Schabir Shaik, who is facing criminal charges of fraud and corruption.

Landers said Zuma had responded to the allegations and given his full co-operation.

He rejected media reports that Zuma was scheduled to appear before the committee on Monday, saying the meeting was to consider a comprehensive report by parliament's registrar of members' interests on the allegations against the deputy president.

The committee had discussed the report and findings at length and had now asked for additional documentation to take the process forward.

However, Landers did not exclude the possibility that Zuma might appear before the committee at a future meeting.

The committee was also concerned at certain "sensationalist" media reports on the issue, which raised unrealistic expectations in the public mind, and which did not serve attempts across party lines to foster parliamentary democracy, he said.

The committee was committed to working in a fair minded way in dealing with the matter.

Landers said the committee had not set a time frame for completing its work, but wanted to expedite the matter, hopefully before the end of the year.

With acknowledgements to Sapa and News24.