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ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang said Tuesday that now is the time for the ANC to keep its word to take action against members implicated in corruption.
ARCHIVE: Fight the stalwart Mavuso Msimang. Image: Thomas Holder / EWN
JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) veteran Mavuso Msimang said Tuesday that the ruling party had allowed its branches to be infiltrated by people who did not share the same values as the organization.
Msimang said that now was the time for the ANC to keep its word to take action against members implicated in corruption.
“The branches, which are the people who elect the NEC members, have been maliciously infiltrated by people who have absolutely nothing to do with the ANC’s values,” Msimang said. “That is why they produce these types of people. When they say that we have been elected by the people, these people, by the leaders’ own admission, are seriously implicated or involved in these [criminal acts]. “
Msimang said that President Cyril Ramaphosa was the first leader since Nelson Mandela to issue orders for strict measures to be taken against corrupt party members, but said it would be a difficult task to execute.
He said it was time for the president to keep his word and act.
However, they must maintain the momentum. They should not expect the audience to suddenly hug them and say “how wonderful.” When big names go to jail, when Parliament is stripped of people who have committed serious crimes [ the public will believe them],” he said.
Last week, Ramaphosa sent a strongly worded letter to party members warning that severe action would be taken against those implicated in corruption.
He also referred to the party as the “number one defendant” following recent allegations of corruption related to the procurement processes for the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former President Jacob Zuma responded to Ramaphosa’s letter last Friday, attacking him for accusing some people in the party of being corrupt.
The highest decision-making body of the ANC, the national executive committee (NEC), endorsed the content of Ramaphosa’s letter “as a clear articulation of the organization’s policies and positions” over the weekend.
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