Sunday World reports that the ANC at its head office appears to be broke again, with incumbent treasurer-general Dr Gwen Ramokgopa having failed to pay the February salaries of Luthuli House workers.

Non-payment includes the politicians who work on Pixely Seme Street full-time. As of Wednesday, workers were in the dark about when they would receive their salaries. Consequently, the workers are said to be in a state of panic and uncertainty. Their emotional rollercoaster, which started with debit orders bouncing on 28 February, has been worsened by the complete silence on why they were not paid. As a result, they have been left with no choice but to speculate that the organisation is bankrupt. “Everybody has not been paid, including the secretary-general [Fikile Mbalula], head of organising [Mdu Manana], national spokesperson [Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri], and Sibongile Besani [who heads ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa’s office at Luthuli House),” one employee claimed. A senior person in the ANC said the organization had also been defaulting to pay suppliers and service providers. Apparently, the party has not paid for the big cake for its anniversary celebrations in Cape Town in January.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mawande Amashabalala at Sunday World

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