I’ll be back, even if it’s for one day – Tau
‘ActionSA pretending to take GBV seriously’
Former Tshwane MMC for housing and human settlements Abel Tau has vowed to fight to reclaim his party membership back, “even if it is for one day”.
Tau yesterday told Sowetan he was disappointed with the party’s decision to terminate his membership after a disciplinary committee found him guilty of bringing the party’s name into disrepute following allegations that he had tried to force himself on the wife of a party colleague.
He accused the party of “playing to the gallery” and atme. tempting to be seen to be serious about being opposed to GBV “at my expense”.
Tau said the woman had initiated the encounter and “come on to me” and admitted that “I kissed her back”.
According to the findings, Tau acknowledged that he knew a scandal would be imminent after his revelation of the mayor Randal Williams scandal within the Tshwane council, “and yet still elected to accompany his staff member ’ s wife to his bedroom”.
Tau took issue with the finding, saying as a long-term family friend, his accuser could enter any part of his home.
“I could not have known that the woman I have known for more than 18 years would come on to me and want to kiss There was no sex. Nothing happened.”
Tau said after a protracted exchange between him and the case prosecutor Thulile Nkomo (ActionSA member of the ethics and disciplinary committee) it was decided that he would face one charge, that of attempting to force himself on the woman.
He said he was not willing to accept being found guilty of bringing the party into disrepute because that was not what he was charged for.
Tau faced six charges, five of which related to various ways in which members or leaders in the party could be charged for behaving in a manner that would compromise its image.
The sixth related to the alleged sex attack.