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News24 reports that the ANC says it may not have an in-house sexual harassment policy just yet, but it has ensured that the public is protected from unwanted sexual advances at work through the Labour Relations Act.
This was the view of Nocawe Mafu, a member of the party's social transformation committee, at a media briefing on Sunday. With the ruling party's two spokespersons, Pule Mabe and Zizi Kodwa, having "voluntarily" stepped down from their duties recently amid sexual harassment accusations, the committee was forced to deal with a question on sexual harassment in what was supposed to be a manifesto briefing on social transformation. A claim of rape had been levelled against Kodwa, who is also head of the ANC's presidency office, and Mabe's former personal assistant accused him of sexual harassment. "We acknowledge (as the ANC) that the sexual harassment policy is not there but remember the sexual harassment policy in the Labour Relations Act is the work of the ANC. The only thing you can fault us on is that the ANC on its own does not have that policy; we accept and we're working on it," Mafu said. Mafu added that “we're talking about it, interacting with other stakeholders so that when it comes out it comes out tight and reflective."
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