Kubayi accused of playing cheap politics for criticising Shivambu over Bushiri visit
In a statement, Kubayi labelled Shivambu’s visit to the fugitive pastor's church as a spit in the face of South Africa’s legal system.
FILE: MK Party Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu. Picture: Jacques Nelles/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - Civil organisation, the Forum for South Africa (FOSA), has accused Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi of playing cheap politics after she weighed in on Floyd Shivambu’s visit to Malawi this past weekend.
Shivambu, the MK Party secretary-general, was seen on social media cosying up to fugitive pastor Shepherd Bushiri at what’s believed to be his church during Good Friday.
The images circulating online sparked an outcry, with Kubayi labelling Shivambu’s visit as spitting in the face of South Africa’s legal system.
In a statement, Kubayi also described it as undermining the country’s judicial credibility.
National leader of Forum for South Africa, Tebogo Mashilompane, said: "While Forum for South Africa questions the ethical leadership of MKP Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu, the forum feels that the minister has gone beyond her duties by attacking an individual who in his personal capacity decided to show support to the fugitive."
He said that Kubayi’s comments were inconsistent.
"There are questionable visitation by the leaders of the ANC [African National Congress] to controversial churches, but because it is the matter of personal choice, we do not see how we or one fits in such matters, especially if they have nothing to do with the direct tarnishing of our country's image."
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