Fransman must not create imaginary scapegoats - ANC WCape
22 November 2016
Cape Town – Suspended ANC Western Cape leader Marius Fransman must take responsibility for his actions and not create imaginary scapegoats, the party's provincial leadership said on Tuesday.
ANC acting chairperson Khaya Magaxa told reporters they condemned Fransman’s public utterances against the party and its integrity commission. Fransman had undermined the commission by publicly denouncing it as biased. The party could no longer remain silent about his allegations.
“Attacking organisational mechanisms and tools in public clearly suggest he is no longer respecting the ANC. Let alone playing to a gallery and feeding what seems to be the trend of trying to isolate the secretary general of the ANC, comrade Gwede Mantashe,” Magaxa said.
The ANC announced on November 10 that the committee had suspended Fransman’s ANC membership for five years after finding him guilty on two counts of misconduct. These related to his “abusing his office for the purpose of attempting to obtain a sexual favour from Louisa Wynand, and for making public statements which brought the ANC into disrepute”.