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- ANC Ekurhuleni President Mzwandile Masina has organized a symbolic “picket line” outside St George‘s Hotel.
- This is where the ANC‘s NEC generally meets.
- Masina has called the party‘s senior leadership for the consistent implementation of the resolutions of the 54th national elective conference for those implicated in corruption to step aside and appear before the ANC‘s integrity commission.
ANC Ekurhuleni President Mzwandile Masina has called for the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to be consistent in implementing the resolutions adopted at the 2017 Nasrec Elective Conference.
Masina, in what some have described as his own Ronald Lamola moment, demonstrated in front of the St George Hotel in Pretoria on Saturday morning when the NEC met.
Lamola and some other party members had protested outside the hotel calling for the resignation of former South African ANC president Jacob Zuma.
The venue is where the NEC generally holds meetings; However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and regulations prohibiting gatherings of more than 50 people, it is carried out through virtual platforms.
“The 54th The national conference was very clear on what should happen if he is accused of corruption, ”Masina said.
He added that the defendants were expected to approach the party’s integrity commission and that those facing charges should step aside until their issues are clarified.
Masina said that party leaders must take decisive action, take action against those involved without targeting anyone.
Their actions follow a fierce back and forth between different factions, with those who support the ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule, launching a “hands off” campaign and many others in the party and society calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa to be more decisive. when it comes to those involved in corruption.
Ramaphosa, who wrote a letter to party members last week, said that the ANC was charged as Number 1 when it came to corruption and that this had resulted in his predecessor writing a letter to the incumbent questioning his commitment to the fight against corruption.
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Masina told News24 that while he did not necessarily disagree with Ramaphosa’s claim, he wanted to clarify that as a member he would not use the label “Defendant No. 1”, the president of Ekurhuleni, who is also mayor of the city, said there were millions of party members and supporters who shouldn’t be labeled that way.
“If you go and steal, you must be tried and shut out the ANC. When the ANC deploys you, they don’t say you are going to steal.
He said he did not want people to see “defendant number 1” when they saw him, insisting that his membership was not based on that.
Masina added that those who were involved should step aside to avoid dragging the name of the party with them.
This week, the ANC tried to clarify its position on former Ethekwini mayor Zandile Gumede, who despite facing corruption charges, was appointed a member of the provincial legislature.
Since then, the party in KwaZulu-Natal has said it would ask him to consider standing aside until his name is cleared.
Masina said he hoped the ANC’s NEC would give reasons behind the calls attributed to the chairman of the peace and justice subcommittee, Tony Yengeni, asking for Ramaphosa’s head.
“I was not there, I am not in the NEC but if what he said is based on the criteria then it should be put aside,” Masina added, referring to the resolutions taken by the ANC.
“No member is above the ANC, no matter what position they are in.”
The ANC NEC meeting started on Friday and is expected to conclude on Sunday.
