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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says Fikile Mbalula, the party’s secretary-general, said things he shouldn\u2019t have about the Nkandla \u201cfire pool\u201d saga. Mantashe said leaders should count their words or catch fire.This after Mbalula claimed the party protected former president Jacob Zuma by lying that the swimming pool at his Nkandla homestead was a fire pool and necessary security feature.<\/p>\n

When Zuma was president the public protector at the time, Thuli Mandonsela, released a report saying the pool cost R3.9m. The governing party said the pool was used for security reasons to fight fires and was not merely a swimming pool.<\/p>\n

On Sunday Mbalula conceded the party lied to protect Zuma, who recently said he had lost patience with President Cyril Ramaphosa. Mantashe said Mbalula got carried away and the issue should be dealt with internally by the ANC as the case was already closed.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says Fikile Mbalula, the party’s secretary-general, said things he shouldn\u2019t have about the Nkandla \u201cfire pool\u201d saga. 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