ActionSA slams ANC for allowing Zizi Kodwa to make it to Parliament

JOHANNESBURG - While ActionSA has welcomed the resignation of Zizi Kodwa as a member of Parliament (MP), it has slammed the African National Congress (ANC) for not preventing the former minister from being sworn in Parliament.

The ANC announced on Thursday in a brief statement that Kodwa had resigned as an MP with immediate effect.

ActionSA's caucus leader in Parliament, Athol Trollip,  says it speaks volumes that the ANC's integrity committee and step-aside rule could not block Kodwa's return to the National Assembly.

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Kodwa is alleged to have received kickbacks amounting to nearly R1.7 million from former EOH chief executive Jehan Mackay, who is also his co-accused.
 
Trollip who expressed dissatisfaction at news that Kodwa’s resignation followed an apparent parliamentary trip abroad, described ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula's acceptance of the resignation as mealy-mouthed.
 
"Especially since the ANC’s step-aside policy and its ethics committee did nothing to prevent his return to Parliament, after he resigned as a minister under a cloud of corruption charges just before the elections, this is vintage ANC doing nothing about corrupt cadres," said Trollip.