ANC’s Fikile Mbalula denies accusing Mavuso Msimang of being bribed
Fikile Mbalula has denied accusing recently resigned African National Congress (ANC) veteran, Mavuso Msimang, of being bribed.
Speaking at an event in Merafong City over the weekend, the governing party’s secretary-general suggested the likes of Msimang were being bribed to quit the ANC.
Msimang has since shot back, insisting he had not accepted a bribe to leave, labelling Mbalula’s comments an insult, and demanding an apology.
In a video posted on X on Monday, though, Mbalula had this to say: “In this particular instance there’s nothing that says, in our articulation, that he’s actually been bribed and anyway, the onus to explain whether people are bribed or got resources to join a political party, it is on them, it’s not on us. But what we know is there a big resources behind this initiative from big business in the country to work flat out to reduce the ANC majoritarian.”
[WATCH] There will be no apology because there is no accusation of DR Mavuso Msimang as having been bribed. Furthermore, it is normal that when you’re serving as a Secretary General of the ANC, you will be compared to stalwarts and our forebears, and we are not allergic to such… pic.twitter.com/91SL2wiHJi
— ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula (@MbalulaFikile) December 11, 2023
-EWN
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Popular South African award-winning singer and songwriter Bulelwa “Zahara” Mkutukana has sadly passed away at age 36 after being in hospital for a month.
The family of the Loliwe hitmaker spoke about her deteriorating health a couple of weeks ago, announcing that she had been hospitalized and was in a critical condition. The publication spoke to one of Zahara’s close friends who said her family will release a statement in time. Read More
