Gauteng EFF wants ANC to reimburse City of Ekurhuleni for using municipal facilities for its NEC meeting

JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng wants the African National Congress (ANC) to reimburse the City of Ekurhuleni for its three-day use of municipal facilities to hold its national executive committee (NEC) meeting.

The ANC held its NEC meeting at the Germiston Civic Centre and the Ekurhuleni city council over the weekend.

While the party usually convenes its NEC meetings at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, EWN understands it was unable to do so this time, seemingly due to financial constraints.

EFF spokesperson in Ekurhuleni, Dumisani Baleni, said the ANC's decision to use government facilities for party use was an abuse of state resources.

"The EFF Gauteng demands accountability from the City of Ekurhuleni for allowing this abuse of municipal property. The institutions entrusted with the custodianship of council and its properties must give a detailed explanation of this situation, including the possible flouting of the booking policies. Because this ANC NEC meeting was moved from one venue to another, with the civic centre utilised in the last minute, the EFF strongly believes that necessary venue booking policies were not followed."