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BusinessLive reports that the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) in the North West has suspended three of its top officials over allegations of defrauding the organisation of more than R2m.
The decision was taken by the league’s provincial executive committee (PEC) at the weekend after it received a report on the matter. The PEC resolved to suspend provincial chair Fetsang Molosiwa, provincial secretary Bridget Tlhomelang and treasurer Manketse Tlhape. Acting provincial secretary Bitsa Lenkopane advised that there had been no choice but to suspend their party membership temporarily pending an investigation: “We came to a realisation that there is an element of fraud, if one is to put it that way, and other related elements that amount to conduct that [caused] us to put the comrades on suspension pending finalisation of an investigation that we are conducting.” Apparently the ANCWL’s provincial bank account had contained an amount of R2.4m in 2019, but the PEC was shocked to find it reduced to about R46,000 without a proper explanation. Lenkopane did not confirm nor deny the amounts mentioned. “It is unfortunate because we have always been told there is no money each time we needed to do organisational work,” said an official who asked not to be identified. Molosiwa has since issued a statement criticising the suspensions as a “blatant procedural flaw”. Lenkopane, however, asserted the validity of the suspensions and that due internal processes had been followed.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nonkululeko Njilo at BusinessLive
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