Cape Town – Makhosi Khoza’s membership in ActionSA has been terminated after the party’s Ethics and Disciplinary Committee found her guilty of bringing the party into disrepute on Tuesday.
According to a party statement, the decision was made in response to Khoza’s public outburst in January.
The party also accused Khoza of conspiring with the ringleaders of a group of dismissed Soweto members to deal with party leader Herman Mashaba.
Among the evidence presented against Khoza were numerous public utterances and media comments deemed to have been made with the intent of bringing ActionSA into disrepute.
“In the 24-page report, the disciplinary panel indicated that Dr Khoza had not challenged the evidence placed before the panel and the panel had no choice other than to consider the case in terms of whether the conduct of Dr Khoza could be excused. In this respect the panel found Dr Khoza to be prone to conspiracy theories, aggressive behaviour and even continuing to threaten the Party with threats to damage its reputation further,” ActionSA said in a statement.
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“There is no reasonable explanation for her continued abuse of the Party, which she purports s to promote. As a high-standing member of the Party, she disregards the reputational damage to the party, for apparent publicity and self-gain. Her loyalties do not lie with ActionSA and instead, lie with aspiring to grow her own political aspirations, at the great cost of her constituency and ActionSA,” the party quoted the disciplinary report.
Khoza, on the other hand, has slammed ActionSA’s statement, claiming that it was full of misrepresentations of the ActionSA’s Ethics and Disciplinary Committee’s deliberations.
“I don’t have a comment at this stage, as I have not yet received the outcome of a disciplinary hearing. The statement issued is full of misrepresentations of the deliberations of the ActionSA’s Ethics and Disciplinary Committee.
“I never joined ActionSA on a media platform. It stands to reason that my termination of membership cannot happen on same. I hope everyone will allow me space to process the news,” said Khoza in a statement.
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Compiled by Sinothando Siyolo
