Media statement about why, in addition to the criminal charges that have already been laid against the ANC, a further formal complaint is now also lodged with the public protector
18 October 2021
Good morning ladies and gentlemen of the media. The last time that we met with regards to this serious matter of the African National Congress (ANC) having committed acts of fraud, theft and corruption, was on the 15th of September 2021. We addressed the media outside the Johannesburg Central Police Station after we had laid criminal charges against the National Office Bearers of the ANC, and the African National Congress (ANC).
We then said that the decision to lay the criminal charges was not an easy step for us to take, and it only followed after many months of having raised our concerns internally with the senior management of the ANC, without any tangible response. We emphasised that we have absolutely no intention, whatsoever, to bring the ANC into disrepute, and that it is actually those senior leaders and managers who committed the crimes who have brought the ANC into disrepute. Today we want to emphasise that again.
The action that we have undertaken, and which today is further emphasised arid supported, by lodging this official complaint with the Public Protector in terms of Section 6(1) (a) of the Public Protector Act of 1994, is a serious attempt to salvage the ANC from miss-managent.
As we have done on the 15th of September, when we laid the criminal charges, we today once again want to draw a clear distinction between political issues, and these issues of financial maladministration and missmanagement. This is pure and simply a labour matter, it is not a factional political issue.