By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The African National Congress (ANC) in Mpumalanga has suspended its provincial treasurer, Mandla Msibi, for misconduct.
Msibi’s membership has been suspended for three years for violating the party’s constitution.
Two years have been suspended provided Msibi is not found guilty of the same offence in that period.
In January, Msibi, Sibusiso Bhuda Mdluli and Mandla Mhlanga were temporarily suspended after they threatened to sabotage the ANC’s birthday celebrations.
He is accused of addressing a community gathering in Pienaar, demanding that president Cyril Ramaphosa should address them about the delays in the construction of the Nkosi Smart City.
However, in a video doing the rounds on social media, Msibi could be seen and heard speaking well of Ramaphosa.
Provincial ANC secretary, Muzi Chirwa, told a media briefing that Msibi was found guilty of violating the party’s constitution, and a decision was taken to suspend his membership for three years.
Chirwa said this had not been an easy decision, but had to be made anyway.
“The Provincial Executive Committee has received a report following this decision of the Provincial Working Committee from the Provincial Disciplinary Committee, which pertains to the three comrades in question. Having looked at all the issues and deliberated on the matters at hand and arrived at a sanction, wherein it resolved as a verdict that the membership of Cde Msibi is suspended for a period of three years, of which two years have been suspended on condition that he is not found guilty of similar offences during the period of suspension,” said Chirwa.
“On August 18, 2024, the Provincial Working Committee of the ANC in Mpumalanga took a decision to summarily suspend three members of the organisation, which was done in terms of Rule 26 and 56, read along with Rule 25, 60. From the onset, we want to place it on record that the decision that we are communicating here today as reported by the Provincial Working Committee was not arrived at easily, but was necessary and consistent with our programme of organisational renewal, which encapsulate the discipline of the organisation as well as its most important pillar in marching forward. In almost all our documents as the ANC, the emphasis is on the discipline of all our members, as well as leaders of the ANC. The ANC expects all its members and leaders to be disciplined at all material times, “said Chirwa.
He also announced that Mdhluli had been expelled from the organisation, while Mandla Mhlanga was cleared of all the charges brought against him.