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News24 reports that ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile confirmed on Thursday that the party had finally paid all outstanding staff salaries in full.
Addressing the media he said: "We have paid staff salaries up to date, up to the end of January, and we don't owe anybody." This came a day after labour union Nehawu filed papers on 31 January, asking the court to order the ANC to pay its workers their outstanding salaries. Nehawu is a member of Cosatu, which is an alliance partner of the ANC. Mashatile said Nehawu was free to push ahead with its labour court case, but as of Thursday, the ANC no longer owed anyone. When asked where the party found the money to pay its workers after insisting it was facing financial difficulties, he refused to divulge the ANC's source of funding. A visibly irritated Mashatile said: “We fundraised; that's how we got the money. The only people we as the ANC are meant to account to regarding our funding is the Electoral Commission of SA.” Going forward, Mashatile said, staff members should trust the ANC would continue to honour all payments due to them. ANC staff members, who have been vocal about their outstanding pay, confirmed that they had received their salaries in full on Thursday morning.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Juniour Khumalo at News24
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