ANC WCape suspends a member for instigating N2 violent protest

30 June 2016

The ANC in the Western Cape has moved swiftly to suspend a key instigator into Yesterdays N2 violent protest, subject to the disciplinary processes that will be underway soonest. The ANC has found the member to have brought the party into disrepute, making certain false allegations against the ANC and threatening to commit public violence. The member is quoted to have said ”We are going to continue to make the N2 chaotic and unstable” and we find these particular utterances irresponsible, reckless and bordering on inciting violence.

ANC expects an exemplary and high level of discipline from its members. We can’t allow individual members to hold the ANC to ransom. The ANC has structures, starting from Branch level up to the National Executive Committee (NEC), where all appeals can be taken to when members are not happy with particular outcomes. The loose rhetoric by some members that, causing destruction and chaos is their last resort to get attention from the ANC cannot possible be true, and we reject that as a justification to cause destruction.

A letter of suspension has been sent to the Regional Secretary to hand deliver to the said member after which a disciplinary process will be instituted.

The ANC will continue to investigate the involvement of other members on yesterdays N2 violent protest and will not hesitate to institute disciplinary measure on those members found guilty of contravening ANC policy.

Issued by Faiez Jacobs, Provincial Secretary, ANC Western Cape, 30 June 2016