11 October 2016
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Western Cape calls on the ANC provincial leadership to immediately act against the Regional Secretary of Southern Cape, Comrade Major Sokopo.
Following his recent appearance at the George magistrate court, comrade Major is accused of defrauding several local municipalities and SARS of over R16 million. It is for this reason that we firmly believe he should step aside until such charges are cleared.
We believe the charges he is facing are damning, hence he should be afforded an opportunity to deal with such accusations as an ordinary citizen, not as a leader of our alliance structure. The SACP in the province puts forward this position not to disrespect the leader of the alliance in the province, but rather to ensure that our observations contained in our September Provincial Council declaration find resonance.
As the SACP we also find the glaring level of inconsistency emanating from the current leadership of the ANC in the province as unacceptable. We further find that the current posture and approach to this matter, as recently articulated in a statement released by the office of the ANC`s Provincial Secretary, as deeply factional and completely antagonistic to the principles of the ANC.
The recent resounding resolutions from the October ANC NEC highlight the urgent need to:"To deal with the scourges of factionalism, disunity, and corruption, the NEC has called for stronger consequence management within the ANC. Discipline within the ANC must be stringently enforced at all levels and the values of the ANC must be discernible in all members in statement and conduct. Self-serving and careerist politicians must be discouraged from our ranks and those who use the ANC for selfish gain acted against.".
In this regard, the SACP calls on the ANC in the province to adhere to these directives and ensure the above principles are enforced without contradiction.
Issued by SACP Western Cape
Contact:
Masonwabe Sokoyi - SACP Western Cape Provincial Spokesperson
Cell: 0614118723/ 0765243242
Office: 021 696 2522
Fax: 086 558 2481
Twitter: @SACPWC
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Email : sacpwc.media@gmail.com