The ANC has been accused of turning Parliament into a dumping ground for poor performing politicians. This after the ruling party deployed former Limpopo premier Cassel Mathale to Parliament.

Under Mathale, Limpopo misappropriated more than R2 billion that resulted in five departments being placed under administration. The Democratic Alliance (DA) Chief Whip, Watty Watson, says that deploying Mathale to Parliament was an insult to the institution.

The DA says Mathale’s deployment might be a strategy by the ANC to keep him away from Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters.

ANC spokesperson, Ishmael Mnisi, says the ANC issued a statement when Mathale was to be deployed to Parliament. “We said in that statement that we really appreciate his effort and the people that he has been working with, however the ANC felt it necessary that we should give him a relief from the province and deploy him elsewhere, hence comrade Mathale is deployed in Parliament.”

Mathale resigned last Monday as Limpopo’s Premier.
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