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- The president of the ANC Women’s League, Bathabile Dlamini, has congratulated the courts for “being above the political issues of the parties” after dismissing the corruption case of the ANC deputy, Bongani Bongo.
- The ANC Women’s League is planning a march to Casa Luthuli to demand unity in the ANC.
- The league was also planning a visit to former president Jacob Zuma at his home in Nkandla in an effort to promote unity, he said.
The president of the ANC Women’s League, Bathabile Dlamini, has congratulated the courts for “being above the political issues of the parties” after cleaning the ANC deputy, Bongani Bongo of corruption.
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Bongo’s Section 174 request in Western Cape Superior Court to have the case against him dismissed based on the evidence in court was granted by Chief Justice John Hlophe on Friday morning.
Dlamini previously said that “the best judiciary is a judiciary that listens to the people.”
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She told reporters via Zoom at a press conference at Luthuli House on Friday that the league would “congratulate the judiciary where we see that it is good.”
She added:
“We will try to seriously pose the challenges when we see that there are challenges, but not with the aim of destroying the judiciary. We hope that everyone will follow in the footsteps of those who are doing the best they can, because not everyone has such challenges. There are those who have tried and advanced his understanding of the role of the judiciary. “
ANCWL President Bathabile Dlamini responds to the acquittal of ANC MP Bongani Bongo: “We want to congratulate the court for playing its role and being above the political issues of the parties.” pic.twitter.com/LxCOM811JR
– Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) February 26, 2021
The league is planning a march to House Luthuli “to demand the unity of our leaders and call for an end to institutionalized factionalism and all forms of factionalism.”
Dlamini said that the ANC’s base remains unity. He said the focus should be on “the fight for the emancipation of the people of South Africa, as women are the majority of the country. If we do not rise up and fight for unity, the country will die in our hands and we do not want to have such a challenge. “.
The league also plans to meet former president Jacob Zuma in Nkandla. “We believe that the ANC should close all the gaps between it and its former leaders,” it said in its statement. “We will visit President Zuma and continue to visit many other former leaders because they are part of the legacy of our courageous movement.”
Dlamini said the league has already contacted Zuma about the visit and will invite the media once a date has been set.
Zuma has reportedly refused to interact with the top six ANC representatives after the party’s national executive committee, at its meeting nearly two weeks ago, resolved that its officials should meet with Zuma.
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Dlamini declined to provide the league’s opinion on Zuma’s defiance of the Constitutional Court’s order to appear before the state’s arrest investigation. “I think this question is trying to make us reveal our conversation with the former president,” he said, but promised to speak about it after the visit.
Dlamini did not comment directly on questions about whether he had more clarity on why his ministerial pension was blocked by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa).
The league’s general secretary, Meokgo Matuba, said Dlamini relied on the leadership of the women’s league in this regard during their meeting earlier in the week. “We agreed to check what the challenges could be with regard to the pension,” he said, adding that Dlamini had not been given the reasons why this was happening.
The league’s national executive committee “resolved to make it categorically clear that we support our fellow president Bathabile Dlamini in her demand for her rightful pension,” he said.
She said:
“We believe that no woman should go through what she is subjected to, especially as a single mother. That is why we find no other logic for this than to conclude that it is nothing more than cheap politics from those who want to settle political scores using the well-being of President Bathabile and his family “.
She added: “No woman deserves to be treated like this, especially for what she fought for.”
He said it was wrong for Dlamini to have to wait three years to receive his pension payment. “We believe that women are going through difficult times in South Africa.”
I’m confused now they say they couldn’t find me when the sheriff was escorted to the security desk by one of the Luthuli staff members and left a summons. It is not true that they have been looking for me and have not been able to find me. AMANGA.
– Bathabile Dlamini (@ sbahlesonke0) February 25, 2021
This week, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development spokesman Stephen Mahlangu said the attorney general’s office found the instruction to withhold his pension payment was received from Sassa.
“The reasons for the withdrawal of the pension are well known to the former minister and Sassa. Until now, neither party has challenged them nor has there been any intention to do so,” he said.
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