Cape Town – The African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has confirmed that disciplinary action against former president Jacob Zuma will proceed.
This decision follows the first sitting of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) and comes after the postponement of Zuma’s hearing in May due to security concerns before the elections.
The ANC accuses Zuma of breaching party rules by forming the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party and not supporting the ANC.
Despite initial delays, Mbalula emphasised that the disciplinary process is necessary to maintain the party’s integrity and will continue now that the elections are over.
“It will continue. We said that before the elections it must be postponed until after the elections. That disciplinary process will continue. If we are going to ban on the fundamentals for political convenience, the ANC will not exist as a party.
WATCH: ANC SG, Fikile Mbalula, confirms that the disciplinary against former President Jacob Zuma will continue. The ANC accused Zuma of contravening rule 25 of the ANC’s constitution by forming the uMkhonto weSizwe Party in December last year. @News24 pic.twitter.com/VMCTnQiadP
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“Even at the moment where we’ve got 40% that DC will continue and it cannot be changed. So, if that that DC does not continue, then members of the ANC will say those who have been subjected to the authority of the disciplinary process and discipline of the organisation, ‘why should I not be subjected to DC when actually it chooses people and all that, so the DC will continue,” Mbalula said.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
