Mbalula blames Magashule for ANC reports backlog held by Integrity Commission
The ANC secretary-general said his predecessor, expelled from the party in 2021, failed to adequately handle reports on some of its members.
The integrity commission report has reportedly been handed to ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. File Photo: X
JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress' (ANC) secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, has blamed his predecessor, Ace Magashule, for a backlog of reports currently with the party’s Integrity Commission.
Mbalula said Magashule, who was expelled from the ANC in 2021, failed to adequately handle reports on some of its members.
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Mbalula addressed the media in Johannesburg on Monday, on the party’s parliamentary candidate list after it was leaked allegedly by an Electoral Commission of South Africa official last week.
The ANC said despite some of its members, including ministers, being implicated in state capture, they would remain part of their parliamentary candidate list.
“[Raymond] Zondo has made specific recommendations about specific people, that they must be investigated,” said Mbalula.
“If people are arrested the ANC will act on that, like we have done.”
ANC electoral committee chair Kgalema Motlanthe said those mentioned in the Zondo report must plead their case to the Integrity Commission.
“If you explain to the Integrity Commission as to why you are mentioned in the report, the Integrity Commission then makes a recommendation to the national executive committee.”