High-profile ANC members facing chop
JOHANNESBURG - High-profile members of the African National Congress (ANC) could potentially be prohibited from being selected as candidates for Parliament.
The ANC’s integrity commission has reportedly issued a report recommending that more than 90 members be excluded from the party’s election candidate lists.
Report
The report, which flagged ANC members implicated in corruption and widespread State capture, was recently handed over to the party’s Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, ahead of the March 8 deadline for political parties to submit their candidate lists to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC).
City Press reported that five out of the 97 members mentioned in the document were cleared by the ANC’s integrity commission, while 62 others have been referred for disciplinary hearings.
The commission, according to the publication, suggested that former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize; Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa; Deputy Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister David Mahlobo and former North West premier Supra Mahumapelo, among others, be cut from the list. The report has, however, cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa of wrongdoing in relation to the Phala Phala game farm scandal, while Mineral and Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe was also exonerated over the Bosasa saga.
Security upgrades were done by Bosasa to Mantashe’s properties, which was not dispute by the ANC national chairperson.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has reportedly been cleared after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) declined to prosecute him over sexual assault case.
The ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is now expected to consider the report today.