I’ll abide by outcome of hearing – Khoza
ANC MP Makhosi Khoza has pledged to accept the outcome of her disciplinary hearing in Durban, regardless of the decision.
Khoza failed to arrive for her disciplinary hearing yesterday. Instead, her attorney Smanga Sithini arrived at the ANC’s provincial headquarters, the venue for the hearing, 45 minutes after it started. Sithini refused to comment.
Khoza said via SMS that she would not make the hearing. “I could not get flights to get me there at 9am,” she said.
Khoza was charged in July for, among others, ill-discipline, failing to comply with ANC policy, provoking division and bringing the party into disrepute, with all but one of these relating to posts she made on her Facebook account.
She has been a vehement critic of President Jacob Zuma and his fitness to lead the ANC and hold office. Her provocative behaviour has earned Khoza many critics, but has also seen her garner a large and sympathetic group of supporters, who posted encouraging messages on her Facebook page on Saturday.
“By the end of today I may possibly be stripped of my black, green and gold brand. I do not mind. I joined the ANC because of the love I have for my country and its people,” she posted yesterday.
“If we disagree on this fundamental point of convergence, I have no business to be in that organisation because that which has bound us for 35 years has been broken. I shall never trade truth for a job, position, brand or anything.
“Whatever the outcome, I’ll accept it and be free to exercise my constitutional right to moral conscience. I will rise,” she wrote.
“It is very dangerous to be a member of the ANC today if you do not protect corruption. Those who fight corruption are persecuted,” Khoza wrote.