ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule says party leaders who did not support President Cyril Ramaphosa’s candidacy feel they are being targeted by the party’s integrity committee and the country’s law enforcement agencies. In an interview, Magashule said former ministers Bongani Bongo and Mosebenzi Zwane had complained to him that there seemed to be an attempt to purge those who backed Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the top job at the ANC’s conference in Nasrec.
Bongo was recently arrested following accusations that he tried to bribe advocate Ntuthuzelo Vanara, who was evidence leader of a parliamentary Eskom inquiry. Bongo blamed public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan for his troubles. Zwane and former communications minister Faith Muthambi have been asked by the ethics committee in parliament to answer questions relating to their alleged roles in state capture.
That’s how those people feel. That’s how Mosebenzi Zwane feels. That’s how Bongo feels,’ said Magashule.
ANC insiders said Bongo stood up in the NEC meeting last week and defended himself, complaining that he was “charged” by the ANC integrity commission without him even appearing before them. The integrity commission wrote to the party’s top six, recommending that he step down from both the party and parliament until the court has ruled on his matter.
Another source said it was ANC Veteran’s League leader Snuki Zikalala who questioned why Bongo was allowed to remain in his position after being charged for corruption.
Zikalala first raised this matter at the ANC’s National Working Committee meeting last week, but he was shot down. He said that there’s no issue to discuss. It is a policy of the ANC that if you are arrested you must step aside. It was what we campaigned on. There is no discussion,” the party insider said.
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Source: The Citizen
