Post by Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams

ANC STATEMENT ON THE MADIBENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY MATTER The African National Congress is aware of public commentary concerning the leadership of the Madibeng Local Municipality. The movement issues this statement to clarify its position. The African National Congress respects the rule of law and abides by the orders of the courts of the Republic. The matters concerning the Madibeng Local Municipality are the subject of a legal process, and the ANC will allow that process to take its proper course. The ensuing recall is a new process which will be matched with proper legal action on an urgent basis. Accordingly, and pending the conclusion of that process, no steps will be taken to give effect to any change in the office of the Executive Mayor, a change that is underway. The ANC will act only through lawful and constitutional means, and within the framework of its own Constitution. This does not alter the movement’s firm conviction that our municipalities exist to serve the people, that no individual can hold the people and the movement at ransom via out of internal processes legal manoeuvrings. The ANC deployees are strictly enjoined to put people first, not their individual careers. The ANC remains committed to municipalities that are singularly focused on the needs of communities, the delivery of basic services, the creation of jobs and economic opportunity, and the safety of our people. That responsibility rests on our public representatives and equally on the public servants who administer our municipalities, and we expect both to discharge it diligently. The discipline of the movement’s public representatives remains under careful watch and will continue to be upheld, consistently and lawfully, in the interests of the communities we serve. The needs of the people come before the ambitions of any individual. ENDS// ISSUED BY THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS Mahlengi Bhengu. National Spokesperson For media enquiries: Mangaliso ‘Stalin’ Khonza, National Communications Manager: 063 610 3681 Mothusi Shupinyane Ka Ndaba, National Media Liaison: 069 861 0624