By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) secretary-general Mntuwoxolo Ngudle has called on National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to recuse herself from the party’s name and should face the full might of the law.
Ngudle said she must not taint the “good” ANC name through her actions.
“She must face the mighty hand of the law and must recuse herself from the brand name ANC and deal with the brand name Mapisa-Nqakula,” he said.
Mapisa-Nqakula is accused of taking bribes amounting to R2.3 million from a supplier in the Department of Defence.
Ngudle addressed the media on Wednesday at the party’s headquarters, Luthuli House in Johannesburg, to give an update on its national working committee (NWC) and national executive committee (NEC) meeting.
Ngudle accused former president Jacob Zuma of dragging the ANC’s name through the mud, adding “we are trying to clean this good brand from the ills of the MK Party leader”.
He stated that regardless of political affiliation and position, anyone who was found in the wrong must face the music.
The ANC has developed a step-aside rule that requires members to be charged with corruption or other serious criminal activities to exclude themselves from any events that the party would host.
It further states that those charged may not hold positions of responsibility in the legislative sector such as parliamentary Speaker, deputy, and chief whip.
“Face the music, because your act was not the act of the ANC, but an individual one but it’s now dragging the ANC’s name,” he said.
Comparing ANC Presidents, Ngudle says under Zuma, the country and the ANC regressed in stature internationally.
“And this is the question we’re saying, press people of South Africa, young people in particular must begin to ponder, what have we built. Instead, we have seen destruction of democratic institutions including sorry, under his leadership. Now, he is trying to steal from the ANC its own heritage under President Ramaphosa,” Ngudle elaborates.
Ngudle added that the youth must not be easily fooled by those who want to the drag the country down the wrong path.
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