Daily Archives: May 3, 2018

NW ANC: MAHUMAPELO MUST BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEND HIMSELF

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North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo is facing serious claims of corruption and maladministration amid ongoing protests calling for his recall.

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JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC) leadership in the North West is rallying behind Premier Supra Mahumapelo despite a decision for the ANC’s top six leaders to begin urgent talks with him  about his fate.

Acting ANC provincial secretary Susan Dantjie says that they welcome the announcement by the party’s national working committee because it will give Mahumapelo a chance to respond to accusations.

Mahumapelo is facing serious claims of corruption and maladministration amid ongoing protests calling for his recall.

The ANC’s top leadership held a series of meetings in the North Westwhere they heard a range of accusations placing Mahumapelo at the centre of rampant corruption.

Dantjie says that the ANC in the province believes that Mahumapelo should be given an opportunity to defend himself.

She says that before the ANC’s top brass take a decision on the premier’s fate, he should respond to the accusations.

“We view this as an opportunity that he has been requesting from the leadership to listen to him, because allegations are allegations.”

Details of the meeting between Mahumapelo and the ANC top six are yet to be confirmed.

Source: http://www.ewn.co.za 

SANDILE MANTSOE GETS 32 YEARS FOR KARABO MOKOENA’S MURDER

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On Wednesday he was found guilty of murdering Karabo Mokoena last year and burning her body.

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JOHANNESBURG – Sandile Mantsoe has been handed an effective 32 years in jail for the murder of Karabo Mokoena.

On Wednesday he was found guilty of murdering 22-year-old Mokoena last year and burning her body.

Mantsoe: I’m a very smart guy. If I really wanted to do something elaborate I would have done better.

Source: http://www.ewn.co.za 

EFF abandons court challenge for secret ballot in anti-Supra motion

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The EFF wants to test the resolve of ANC members of the North West legislature to get rid of embattled Premier Supra Mahumapelo.

The party is abandoning its court challenge for a secret ballot in the motion of no confidence against him.

Instead, it will now write a letter to the speaker of the legislature to demand that the motion be debated urgently.

The EFF wants to test the resolve of ANC members of the North West legislature to get rid of embattled Premier Supra Mahumapelo.

The party is abandoning its court challenge for a secret ballot in the motion of no confidence against him.

Instead, it will now write a letter to the speaker of the legislature to demand that the motion be debated urgentl

“We have no sympathy for Supra. Secret ballot or no secret ballot. We want to expose the crooks inside the ANC, to see if they mean business when they say they want Supra to go. Why don’t they vote with the EFF in our motion of no confidence?” EFF leader Julius Malema said.

He was speaking in Coligny, North West, at a rally to celebrate the party’s Ward 15 victory in by-elections last month.

The speaker of the legislature had earlier decided to indefinitely postpone the EFF’s initial motion of no confidence, when it approached the court to demand a secret ballot.

‘No need for bloodshed’

Malema accused some members of the legislature, including those from the SACP, of refusing to use their powers within the legislature to rid the province of Mahumapelo.

“When we gave them a tool to remove Supra without a drop of blood, through a motion of no confidence, they refused,” Malema said.

The ANC’s national working committee (NWC) was due to meet on Wednesday to discuss Mahumapelo’s fate. Members of the NWC have argued however that only the national executive committee (NEC) has powers to recall a premier.

A battle is expected when the NEC sits this month to discuss the matter, among others.

“We don’t want a drop of blood. We want you to take government using your votes [instead of violence],” Malema said.

“A motion of no confidence is a peaceful thing introduced in our Constitution by Mandela and [others]. They are refusing to use it,” he said.

Protests not ‘genuine’

Malema labelled Mahumapelo as corrupt, accusing him of stealing money from various government departments meant for the poor.

He denounced the violence that recently gripped the North West. Several towns ground to a halt as residents looted shops and set alight public buildings, demanding that Mahumapelo step down.

A 16-year-old boy was killed during the unrest.

Malema warned EFF members against participating in the protests, which he said were part of factional battles within the ANC.

“I don’t want the red berets in places being burnt. Don’t get involved in the looting of shops, it is an ANC thing to do. They are fighting factional battles, it’s not a genuine fight. If it was genuine why don’t they use the EFF’s motion of no confidence to remove Supra without a drop of blood?” he asked.

Malema said the EFF would remove Mahumapelo the same way it removed former president Jacob Zuma, who was now sitting idle in his home village of Nkandla.

The EFF exerted pressure on the ANC NEC to remove Zuma by calling a motion of no confidence against him in Parliament.

The EFF wants to test the resolve of ANC members of the North West legislature to get rid of embattled Premier Supra Mahumapelo.

The party is abandoning its court challenge for a secret ballot in the motion of no confidence against him.

Instead, it will now write a letter to the speaker of the legislature to demand that the motion be debated urgentl

“We have no sympathy for Supra. Secret ballot or no secret ballot. We want to expose the crooks inside the ANC, to see if they mean business when they say they want Supra to go. Why don’t they vote with the EFF in our motion of no confidence?” EFF leader Julius Malema said.

He was speaking in Coligny, North West, at a rally to celebrate the party’s Ward 15 victory in by-elections last month.

The speaker of the legislature had earlier decided to indefinitely postpone the EFF’s initial motion of no confidence, when it approached the court to demand a secret ballot.

‘No need for bloodshed’

Malema accused some members of the legislature, including those from the SACP, of refusing to use their powers within the legislature to rid the province of Mahumapelo.

“When we gave them a tool to remove Supra without a drop of blood, through a motion of no confidence, they refused,” Malema said.

The ANC’s national working committee (NWC) was due to meet on Wednesday to discuss Mahumapelo’s fate. Members of the NWC have argued however that only the national executive committee (NEC) has powers to recall a premier.

A battle is expected when the NEC sits this month to discuss the matter, among others.

“We don’t want a drop of blood. We want you to take government using your votes [instead of violence],” Malema said.

“A motion of no confidence is a peaceful thing introduced in our Constitution by Mandela and [others]. They are refusing to use it,” he said.

Protests not ‘genuine’

Malema labelled Mahumapelo as corrupt, accusing him of stealing money from various government departments meant for the poor.

He denounced the violence that recently gripped the North West. Several towns ground to a halt as residents looted shops and set alight public buildings, demanding that Mahumapelo step down.

A 16-year-old boy was killed during the unrest.

Malema warned EFF members against participating in the protests, which he said were part of factional battles within the ANC.

“I don’t want the red berets in places being burnt. Don’t get involved in the looting of shops, it is an ANC thing to do. They are fighting factional battles, it’s not a genuine fight. If it was genuine why don’t they use the EFF’s motion of no confidence to remove Supra without a drop of blood?” he asked.

Malema said the EFF would remove Mahumapelo the same way it removed former president Jacob Zuma, who was now sitting idle in his home village of Nkandla.

The EFF exerted pressure on the ANC NEC to remove Zuma by calling a motion of no confidence against him in Parliament.

Source: http://www.news24.com

Source: http://www.news24.com