ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, in a memo to the party’s national executive committee (NEC) members, explained why corruption-accused Zizi Kodwa is back in Parliament. (Melinda Stuurman/Netwerk24)
The ANC has responded to the public backlash against its deployment of corruption-accused former minister Zizi Kodwa to the National Assembly as a lawmaker.
Kodwa was sworn in as an ANC MP on Tuesday, despite being charged recently in connection with allegedly taking a bribe.
The ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, in a memo to the party’s national executive committee (NEC) members on Thursday, sought to explain why Kodwa is back in Parliament.
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