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By Baldwin ndaba 
4h ago
Johannesburg – The ANC has given its provincial and high-ranking leaders facing criminal charges the option of voluntarily resigning from their positions within 30 days or facing suspension from the party.
This was revealed by President Cyril Ramaphosa after the party’s expanded national executive committee that concluded Monday night.
Ramaphosa ordered the office of Secretary General Ace Magashule, who also faces criminal charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering, to communicate the party’s decision to all affected members of the ANC.
He said that his decision was in line with the resolutions taken at its 54th National Conference on Credibility and Integrity of the ANC, as well as with the decisions of the CNE meetings from August 28 to 30 and December 6 to 9, 2020 on the implementation of these resolutions.
“The NEC resolved that these resolutions should be implemented in accordance with the guidelines and procedures adopted by the NEC at its meeting on February 13-14, 2021.
“All members who have been accused of corruption or other serious crimes must withdraw within 30 days, failing which they must be suspended in terms of Rule 25.70 of the ANC Constitution.
“The meeting emphasized that the 30-day period will be to allow implementation of the decision in accordance with the guidelines, not to review the decision,” Ramaphosa said.
He said the CNE also agreed that provincial presidents and secretaries will meet with national officials during that time to further refine the guidelines and ensure that the resolution can be implemented effectively and practically.
“The General Secretariat will work with the provinces to identify all the people affected and inform them of the decision. The NEC welcomed the decision of the ANC Secretary General, Cde Ace Magashule, to use this time to seek the advice of the former leaders of our movement.
“The NEC called on all ANC members to unite around this decision and not engage in any act of indiscipline, including through mobilizations or public statements that undermine the implementation of the conference resolutions,” Ramaphosa emphasized.
The party’s NEC also vowed to act against those within its ranks who call themselves Radical Economic Transformation (RET) forces saying: “Therefore, the NEC condemned the establishment of groups operating as an organized faction within the ANC to undermine the ideological and organizational integrity of the ANC. “
“The NEC has warned those who wish to subvert the ANC by seeking to create diversions that we will not tolerate meddling in the internal affairs of the ANC or the use of ANC resources to undertake counterrevolutionary activities from within its structures and facilities.
“The meeting agreed that no member of the ANC should associate or participate in the so-called ‘RET Forces’. In addition, the NEC will not allow or permit any ANC staff member to use ANC resources and facilities to hold meetings of the RET or any other faction.
“In terms of Rule 25.9 of the ANC Constitution on ‘Institution of disciplinary proceedings’, the NEC instructs the ANC Presenter to investigate these matters and, if deemed necessary, immediately file charges for the attention of the Disciplinary Committee. National ”, Ramaphosa said.
He added that the NEC has also noted the resurgence of an orchestrated “fake news” campaign directed against him and other ANC leaders, similar to the disinformation campaign that South Africa experienced during the height of state capture.
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