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By African News Agency 
10h ago
PRETORIA – On Friday, the district attorney announced that it had terminated the membership of Nkele Molapo, a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (MPL) who this week opened a sexual harassment case against the acting leader of the Gauteng DA and former mayor. by Tshwane, Solly Msimanga.
Molapo issued a press release this week, alleging that he was abandoning the internal processes that he had initiated within the Prosecutor’s Office for the accusation of sexual assault.
At the time, the district attorney had issued a statement saying that the timing of Molapo’s reporting of sexual harassment was questionable and, furthermore, he was undergoing a “serious disciplinary hearing” for leaking the political strategy of the district attorney. district in Tshwane to the EFF led by Julius Malema.
On Friday, DA Gauteng Provincial President Mike Moriarty announced that the opposition party had fired Molapo.
“Today, the membership of the Democratic Alliance of a confirmed leaker of confidential information and strategy has been canceled, after a three-year legal process that found her guilty and an appeal that confirmed her guilt,” said Moriarty.
“Ms. Nkele Molapo’s guilt has been tried by a due process of the DA federal legal commission, and after she appealed, her guilt was confirmed by an appeal panel of the federal legal commission.
“The sanction imposed on Ms. Molapo is the immediate termination of her membership in the party, against which there are now no further internal appeals possible.”
Moriarty said this closes a three-year process to seek responsibility for the acts committed by Molapo in 2017, leaking confidential information from DA Tshwane’s government to “our opponents,” the Economic Freedom Fighters.
“At that time, with the evidence of this leak presented to then-Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga, Msimanga opened a case against Ms. Molapo with the DA federal legal commission.
“Today, Solly Msimanga is vindicated for doing the right thing at the time, by taking action against a colleague of the district attorney,” Moriarty said.
He added that the appeals panel’s ruling comes at a time when Molapo has publicly made “suspiciously scheduled” accusations against Msimanga.
“Mr. Msimanga flatly denies these allegations, and sees it as an effort by Ms. Molapo to smear her name in anticipation of today’s serious finding against her, and the termination of her DA membership.
“Unfortunately, it is becoming too frequent a practice for offenders in the internal disciplinary proceedings of the Office of the Prosecutor to quickly turn against the party to create counter-charges that muddy the waters of their guilt,” said Moriarty.
“It is a practice that we strongly denounce, and we continue to appeal to the culprits to accept its results without seeking to harm the party in retaliation.”
On Tuesday, the civil rights movement #NotInMyName lashed out at the prosecutor’s handling of allegations of sexual assault against Msimanga. The movement asked Msimanga to stand aside while law enforcement agencies investigated the case.
“It is a shame and a shame how the district attorney has handled this problem. Instead of being objective and clear, not taking sides with the alleged perpetrator, the Prosecutor’s Office has acted differently, “said the general secretary of #NotInMyName, Themba Masango.
“We’re saying that if Solly is interested in clearing her name and making sure this cloud doesn’t hang over her head, she should step aside until this case is properly ventilated.
“(Msimanga) should not put his political aspirations before his name and justice. Also, if the crime said to have occurred is proven, then you must go. “
In her statement to the media, Molapo said that the district attorney was “slandering” by questioning the timing of her complaint, which she was “ready and willing to defend.”
“The district attorney went further and announced, using the party’s official communication machinery, that the defendant had opened a criminal defamation case. The least I expected was for my party to remain neutral and subject both myself and the accused to a full and impartial hearing. Now I doubt the fairness of the audience, with good reason, “he said.
“It is important to note that throughout the week, I remained disciplined and resisted the temptation to throw cheap punches on social media. I even declined to comment when journalists called me for comment. I wanted to give the party the opportunity to deal with this issue, without external pressure. “
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