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JOHANNESBURG – ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa and Secretary General Ace Magashule will appear before the party’s integrity committee. to answer questions about his alleged participation in acts and demonstrations contrary to the fight against corruption.
Speaking at eNCA, the party’s deputy general secretary Jessie Duarte said that the ANC leadership not only faced the scourge of corruption head-on last weekend, but also faced related issues such as lack of coherence and complacency. of factional interests, often at enormous cost to the country.
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In a week when former President Jacob Zuma appeared on the opposite end of the corruption debate from his successor, South Africans were eager to know which side he would take the party’s leadership from.
As it turned out, the headline’s letter to the party’s faithful – lamenting the state of affairs and the party’s complicity – was discussed, but not the refutation of its predecessor.
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At the meeting it was heard that Ramaphosa was willing and ready to appear before the party’s integrity committee to answer questions about who financed his ANC presidential campaign and why.
Magashule will also appear for comments he apparently made that he would not resign if accused of corruption.
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“We have talked about being consistent, the concept of consistency,” Duarte said.
“So far, it has been totally inconsistent. Some people have left their positions and withdrawn from the ANC.”
The appearance of the two men before the integrity committee is proof, Duarte said, that no one in the ANC is beyond scrutiny.
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He explained how the process works and some of its challenges.
Duarte said that where state law enforcement agencies are supposed to take over, it doesn’t help that their mills often grind very slowly.
The party’s top brass will comment on the results of the meeting at a press conference to be held in the next day or two.
