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FILE: Mervyn Dirks. Picture: parliament.gov.za

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ANC MP Dirks in limbo as Parliament investigation stalls

By Babalo Ndenze

Controversial ANC MP Mervyn Dirks's disciplinary hearing has hit a snag as the party and its parliamentary caucus focuses its priorities on other party...

  • FILE: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the party's January 8 statement at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo on 8 January 2022. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter

    ANC's Mashatile says Ramaphosa willing to account for comments on leaked audio

    In leaked audio from a closed ANC national executive committee meeting, party president Cyril Ramaphosa said that he’d rather fall on his sword than have the public find out that their money was being used to fund internal contests.

    141 days ago
  • Ace Magashule, the suspended African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general, speaks ahead of former President Jacob Zuma’s address following the postponement of his corruption trial outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on 26 May 2021.Picture: Phill Magakoe/AFP

    ANC's Magashule backs party MP Dirks for calling out Ramaphosa over state funds

    Suspended African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule said that Mervyn Dirks should not have been suspended for calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa to appear before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa).

    142 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to oral questions from Members of Parliament in the National Assembly Chamber in Parliament in Cape Town on 25 November 2021. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Scopa wants Ramaphosa to explain allegations of abuse of state funds

    On Tuesday night, members of Parliament (MPs) discussed a letter from suspended African National Congress (ANC) MP Mervyn Dirks, who complained to the committee that President Cyril Ramaphosa turned a blind eye to corruption relating to the funding of ANC election campaigns.

    150 days ago
  • FILE: Mervyn Dirks. Picture: parliament.gov.za

    ANC MP Dirks wants court to declare his suspension unlawful and unconstitutional

    Mervyn Dirks landed in trouble with the governing party after he asked that President Cyril Ramaphosa be summoned to appear before Parliament's finance watchdog, Scopa.

    151 days ago
  • FILE: Mervyn Dirks. Picture: parliament.gov.za

    ANC MP Dirks to address suspension from party's parliamentary caucus on Friday

    Mervyn Dirks wanted President Cyril Ramaphosa to account to Parliament's finance watchdog Scopa about the use and possible abuse of funds, which he based on a voice recording of the president.

    155 days ago
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