WATCH | ‘Tony Yengeni will be charged,’ says ANC’s Mbalula

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Cape Town – The African National Congress (ANC) says it will charge Tony Yengeni for his repeated criticism of the party’s leadership, particularly President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Yengeni, who has called for Ramaphosa’s resignation and criticised his involvement in the Phala Phala scandal, will face disciplinary action for comments that ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula claims bring the party into disrepute.

Mbalula said that Yengeni and other members making disparaging remarks on social media will be disciplined.

“Tony Yengeni will be charged. I have informed him through an SMS, I have called him. We will charge him. We will bring him before the disciplinary processes of the ANC so that he explains himself in terms of the membership of the ANC. For many other statements he has made, we will charge him.

“The discipline in ANC is important. I’ve seen other people on Twitter, every day when they have taken something at 2am, tweeting things that bring the ANC into disrepute. They, too, will be attended to very soon,” he said during a media briefing on Monday.

“There is nothing about raising views and ideas. But to attack the organisation and cast aspersions on the leadership of the ANC will not be tolerated. They will be brought to the book, we will discipline them.

“The time to talk and not to bring people to disciple is over. He always tweets [and] supports everything about MK party, we will never allow that.”

In other news, Mbalula also addressed misconceptions about the venue for the ANC’s 113th anniversary celebrations, saying that Mandela Park Stadium in Khayelitsha has a capacity of 22,000, contrary to reports claiming it could hold only 2,000.

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