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IOL News
15-05-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
No place for the corrupt: ANC challenges all parties to match its zero-tolerance stance
South Africa - Johannesburg - 15 May 2025 - Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi, ANC Gauteng Provincial Task Team Coordinator Hope Papo and Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko MEC for Health and Wellness. The African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng Provincial Task Team (PTT) announces the outcomes of the two-day Provincial Lekgotla held on 3–4 May 2025 at the Indaba Hotel, Fourways. The ANC Gauteng coordinator, Hope Papo, has called on other political parties to be like the ANC, and have policies that take disciplinary action against members charged with corruption. Speaking in Johannesburg on Thursday, Papo stressed that the political system would benefit if all parties introduced policies that discipline members formally charged with corruption—just as the ANC has done through its "step-aside" rule. 'So we encourage all political parties in South Africa to follow the ANC, we are the biggest party, we are doing it, all political parties must do,' he said. The ANC has implemented a step-aside rule that requires members who are formally charged with corruption or other serious crimes to voluntarily withdraw from party and government activities, failing which they may face suspension. Papo stated some of the party leaders appeared in criminal courts, but they were not charged they are still leading the organisation, while the ANC leaders were ambushed. But he said in the ANC, stepping aside was mandatory. Papo has echoed the party's position on renewal and rebuilding, saying this will be a way for the ANC to reclaim power. 'So, we think that through that policy, we will actually, it will help in renewing the organisation. 'Because ultimately, ANC doesn't arrest, charge, and convict people. That is why there's an issue of stepping aside from your leadership positions. 'And a number of our leaders have done so. And sometimes they would have been wrongly accused, but they would have stepped aside. And sometimes they lose leadership positions,' he said. The provincial co-convener, Panyaza Lesufi, had previously promised to clamp down on corruption and laziness in the party. IOL Politics
The Citizen
07-05-2025
- Politics
- The Citizen
Lesufi disgusted by Sedibeng's dirtiness
SEDIBENG.- The ANC Gauteng Provincial Task Team (PTT) convened a two-day lekgotla at the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg over the weekend. The gathering followed on the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) lekgotla and the State of the Nation and Province Addresses. Its aim was also to develop a Provincial Programme of Action, the party said. The lekgotla was held under the theme: 'The Year of Renewal – Making the ANC a more effective instrument of the people to achieve the vision of the freedom charter.' Speaking at the opening of the event, ANC Gauteng Provincial Task Team Co-Convenor who is also Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, mentioned the Sedibeng area on numerous occasions where service delivery is deplorable. He rebuked his party's officials at the helm of both the Sedibeng District Municipality (SDM) and the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM). 'Comrades, our province (is) and our municipalities are dirty, dirty, dirty. I attended the May rally in Sharpeville, Executive Mayor Sedibeng auwaaaaaaaaa banna (Nooooooooooo Man),' Lesufi said, in disgust. 'If we cannot get the basics right, we have no legitimate right to claim that our people should still have confidence in us. If we can not get the basics right, we are no longer representing our people, we are misleading them. If we can not get the basics right, then we are betraying the revolution that we said we must not betray.' Attendees of the lekgotla included ANC Gauteng PTT members, ANC Regional officials and office bearers, provincial representatives of ANC leagues, Alliance and Umkhonto We Sizwe Liberation War Veterans (MKLWV), representatives of ANC municipal caucuses, ANC caucus of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and ANC NEC deployees. Key objectives of the lekgotla were outlined as follows: • Deliberate on the challenges identified in the 2025 State of the Province Address and develop ways to overcome the challenges. • Formulate strategies for the upcoming local government elections. • Rebuild public trust through renewed communication and community engagement efforts. The two-day lekgotla started on Saturday and ended on Sunday. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
