Africa-Press – South-Africa. The ANC in the embattled Mangaung region in the Free State plans to expel eight councillors who voted with their “conscience” in a council motion over ghost workers.
The ANC regional disciplinary committee (RDC) found the eight councillors guilty of gross misconduct. The committee said they were no longer fit to be members of the ANC.
“With immediate effect, they must be expelled from the organisation,” the recommendation of the committee read.
The councillors, including council speaker Stephani Lockman-Naidoo, had supported a motion by opposition political parties which sought to have a senior manager suspended over the municipality’s “ghost worker” saga.
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Earlier this year, the metro was found to have spent millions of rands on ghost workers.
The council motion was brought in March, and the ANC caucus had been informed not to support it.
However, eight ANC councillors decided they would vote with their conscience on the matter.
The ANC members facing expulsion include Chabeli Rampai, Mapaseka Mothibi Nkoane, Lockman-Naidoo, council speaker Patrick Monyakoane, Puseletso Seleke, Mpho Mokoakoa, Lelala Makoa, and Lehlohonolo Moqolo.
The ANC’s interim regional committee (IRC) laid charges against the members with the RDC.
The sanction issued is one of the harshest.
The RDC said none of the members had appeared before it to oppose the charges despite notices calling for their submissions.
IRC spokesperson Ncamile Nxangisa told News24 on Tuesday that the region would hold a meeting on Wednesday and adopt the RDC report.
He said the region would follow through with the expulsions, and members would have to appeal the sanction at ANC’s national disciplinary committee.
Divisions in the ANC and a crisis in the municipality have plagued the Mangaung region.
Last month, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma outlined details of a turnaround strategy for the municipality.
The municipality was placed under administration.
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