News24 reports that dismissed African National Congress (ANC) staffer Carl Niehaus laid fraud, theft and corruption charges against five of the ANC's top six members and the party at the Johannesburg Central police station on Wednesday.

The charges, on behalf of disgruntled ANC employees, were laid against the ANC; its president, Cyril Ramaphosa; its deputy president, David Mabuza; deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte; treasurer-general Paul Mashatile; and chairperson Gwede Mantashe. In a founding affidavit Niehaus submitted to the police, he and the employees he represents claimed that staff were made to believe that deductions from salaries were for the "UIF, the provident fund, the South African Revenue Service and other medical funds for the staff's benefit or their dependents”, but in truth, “the accused knew that such representations were false and untrue in that the amounts of monies deducted from the complainants were not paid into the funds they were supposed to go to." Niehaus went on to claim that the ANC "utilised the contributions deducted from complainants salaries for the party’s own benefit". Niehaus was accompanied by staff member MacDonald Mathabe when he laid the charges. But, through staff representative Mvusi Mdala, the ANC staff committee distanced itself from Niehaus and said he was "on his own". Niehaus told the media that on Wednesday afternoon he would also lodge an appeal against his dismissal.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Juniour Khumalo at News24

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