The African National Congress (ANC) has outlined its action plan to respond to allegations of corruption against several high-profile politicians. This include at least 200 members who have been named in the state capture report.
In its discussion documents, the ANC is proposing lifestyle audits of its leaders in addition to a clear policy on relatives doing business with government.
The ANC’s head of policy Jeff Radebe briefed the media on corruption and state capture discussion documents, which are expected to take centre stage at the conference. He outlined a series of proposals ANC branches would have to consider to “root out corruption from the party” and ensure ensure that state capture never happens again.
Radebe admitted that the party had not read the state capture report page by page and has instead only focus on only the key sections from the report. In the 5000 word-page document the ANC is accused of facilitating underhanded dealings which gave birth to state capture.
Radebe said while the party is still studying the report, a three-point action plan has been put in place to tackle corruption.
Firstly, the constitutional, legislative and structural changes proposed by the state capture commission have been referred to various NEC committees for deliberation.
Secondly, the last team on state capture will focus on identifying weaknesses from the report and make recommendations on how to best tighten processes.
Thirdly and lastly, Radebe said those who are implicated in the state capture report should appear before the party’s integrity commission, within two months.
The step-aside resolution which was adopted at the ANC’s 2017 conference to root out corruption and ensure that those who have been criminally charged by the courts are held accountable, will be challenged by the members from Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal. They argue that the step-aside rule has divided the party and is not in line with the ANC’s constitution.
Source: News24, Eyewitness News, The Citizen, image from Twitter